go climb a tree

go climb a tree

slang Leave me alone; get lost. A: "Yikes, what did you do to your hair?" B: "Oh, go climb a tree!" Go climb a tree, all right? I don't need this aggravation. A: "Wow, you really suck at this, don't you?" B: "Go climb a tree, bro."

See also: climb, go, tree

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Go climb a tree!

verb

See Go chase yourself!

See also: climb, go

McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.

go climb a tree/fly a kite

Go away and stop annoying me. There are many other versions of these colloquial imperatives, from go chase yourself, dating from about 1900, to go jump in the lake, sit on a tack, or soak your head, also of twentieth-century provenance. All could be classed as clichés. See also go to the devil.

See also: climb, fly, go, kite, tree

The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer Copyright © 2013 by Christine Ammer