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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

Bite me in the hippopotamus

Hi.

"I knew that buying my 6 year old neighbour a Liverpool shirt as a present in order to celebrate being top at Christmas would come back to bite me in the hippopotamus." [From The Guardian.]

What does the bite me in the hippopotamus mean in the context?

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Something like this usually serves as a euphemism for something else, probably rear-end, here, because of a similar expression (it'll come back to bite you in the a$), meaning from behind.

— Philip

  • Something like this usually serves as a euphemism for something else, probably rear-end, here, because of a similar expression (it'll come back to bite you in the a$), meaning from behind.
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Something like this usually serves as a euphemism for something else, probably rear-end, here, because of a similar expression (it'll come back to bite you in the a$), meaning from behind.
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Thank you, Philip, for your useful reply.
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