screw off | Idiomator

Meaning: To remove the lid of ajaror othercontainerbyunscrewingit.2004, Cathy Myata,Speaking rules!: Games and activities for creating effective speakers, presenters and storytellers, page52:Hold it in two hands andscrew offthe lid. Set the lid down. Inside are pickled onions.; (idiomatic,colloquial)To fail to do one's work; togoof off.When the boss wasn't around on the weekend they would sometimesscrew off.1878, Robert White Stevens,On the stowage of ships and their cargoes: with information regarding freights, charter parties, &c., &c., page798:On account of the high rate of wages at Sydney, stevedores will not "screw off" now so willingly as they did formerly.; (idiomatic,colloquial)To leave; tobugger off.I finished the work early so Iscrewed off.

Examples:

EN: What you might call a Mexican screw off, gentlemen.
ES: Lo que podrían llamar una metida de pata mexicana, señores.
EN: If you were a human being or if you were treating me like a human being you would've told me to screw off.
ES: Si fuera un ser humano o si me tratara como uno me hubiera mandado al infierno.
EN: Hold down the fort, get good grades, don't screw off.
ES: No descuidar el fuerte, sacar buenas notas, no relajarse.
EN: I would have told the jobber to screw off.
ES: - Si hubiera sabido que eras tú hubiese mandado mi jefe a la mierda.
EN: You don't know me any better than he does, so screw off!
ES: No me conoces mejor que él, así qué ¡vete al infierno!
EN: You can just screw off, okay?
ES: Puedes irte al diablo. Vete al diablo.
EN: If you knew me that well, I'd tell you to screw off.
ES: Si me conocieras tanto, te diría que te jodieras.
EN: - Hey, screw off, queer.
ES: No fastidies, maricón.
EN: So you can screw off.
ES: Puedes irte cuando sea.
EN: No. Then screw off.
ES: - Entonces váyanse al diablo.
EN: No, screw off, go away!
ES: No, váyanse de aquí.
EN: - Now, you could do what you normally do when someone asks for something, tell me to screw off.
ES: - Podrías hacer lo que sueles hacer cuando alguien te pide algo: mandarme a la mierda.
EN: I told him to screw off.
ES: - Le dije que se fuera al diablo.
EN: So screw off.
ES: Así que déjame en paz.
EN: Oh, screw off, wizard!
ES: ¡Vete al diablo, mago!

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