mandar a tomar por culo

A transitive verb phrase is a phrase that combines a verb with a preposition or other particle and requires a direct object (e.g., take out the trash.).
transitive verb phrase
1.
A word or phrase that is crude, indecent, and generally rejected by society.
(vulgar)
(to tell someone to go to hell)
a. to tell to fuck off
A word or phrase that is crude, indecent, and generally rejected by society.
(vulgar)
Se enojó con nosotros por una tontería y literalmente nos mandó a tomar por culo.He got angry with us over some stupid thing and he literally told us to fuck off.
b. to tell to piss off
A word or phrase that is crude, indecent, and generally rejected by society.
(vulgar)
Regionalism used in the United Kingdom
(United Kingdom)
Me repitió cien veces la misma cosa y al final la mandé a tomar por culo.She repeated the same thing a hundred times and in the end I told her to piss off.
2.
A word or phrase that is crude, indecent, and generally rejected by society.
(vulgar)
(to give up)
a. to pack in
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
(colloquial)
(something)
¡Qué hambre! Este régimen me está matando. Creo que lo voy a mandar a tomar por culo.I'm starving! This diet is killing me. I think I'm going to pack it in.
b. to jack in
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
(colloquial)
(something)
El curso era demasiado difícil y no me gustaba el profesor, así que lo mandé a tomar por culo.The course was too difficult and I didn't like the teacher, so I jacked it in.
c. to send packing
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
(colloquial)
(someone)
Estaba harta de que su marido le pusiera los cuernos y lo mandó a tomar por culo.She was fed up with her husband cheating on her and she sent him packing.
d. to say to hell with
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
(colloquial)
El proyecto nos está volviendo locos, y más de una vez hemos estado a punto de mandarlo a tomar por culo.The project is driving us crazy, and more than once we've been about to say to hell with it.
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