my foot

English

Pronunciation

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Interjection

my foot

1. (idiomatic) Indicates disapproval, disregard, disdain, disgust or disbelief.

   Aerodynamics, my foot! The thing drives like a billboard.

   • 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter 1, in Jeeves in the Offing, Harmondsworth, Middlesex [London]: Penguin Books, published 1963 (1975 printing), →OCLC, pages 8–9:

     Selfless service, my foot! Tom’s in the middle of a very important business deal with Cream. If it goes through, he’ll make a packet free of income tax. So he’s sucking up to him like a Hollywood Yes-man.

   • 1988, Roald Dahl, Matilda:

     "He's clever at his business," Matilda said.
     "Clever my foot!" the Trunchbull shouted.

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see my,‎ foot.

Usage notes

• Often used as a minced oath of my ass.

Synonyms

• (idiom): bah, harumph, pshaw, my arse, my ass, my eyeball, my neck, my rear, nothing; see also Thesaurus:bullshit

Translations

Indicates disapproval, disregard or disbelief

• Finnish: muka (fi), kattia kanssa (fi)
• French: mon œil (fr)
• Italian: un corno!
• Javanese: ndasmu
• Portuguese: uma ova (pt)
• Russian: как бы не так (ru) (kak by ne tak)
• Spanish: sí, ¿cómo no?
• Swedish: pyttsan