Do not listen to them if it is just to piss off their parents

English translation: just to get their parents angry

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English term or phrase:	just to piss off their parents
Selected answer:	just to get their parents angry
Entered by:	Kim Metzger

01:59 Jul 1, 2004

English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
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English term or phrase: Do not listen to them if it is just to piss off their parents

As far as i know, piss off is always used to be negetive. But in this case i assume piss off is to please the parents am i right?

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just to get their parents angry

Explanation:
Piss off someone always has a negative meaning.

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Note added at 11 mins (2004-07-01 02:11:10 GMT)
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In British English, if you tell someone to \"piss off\" it means \"go away.\"

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Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 15:51

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5 +16

just to get their parents angry

Kim Metzger

5 +1

irritate

Rosemary Schmid

No, you are wrong

airmailrpl

3 +2

...if they are just saying it to piss off their parents.

Melanie Nassar

Answers

1 min confidence:

peer agreement (net): +16

do not listen to them if it is just to piss off their parents

just to get their parents angry

Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 15:51
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 36

52 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

do not listen to them if it is just to piss off their parents irritate

Explanation:
This expression in AmEnglish is vulgar slang, but not too shocking among friends or people the same age or status. It means that there must be a higher motive in listening to "them" (teenagers?), than merely to irritate or anger the parents of the teenagers.

"piss" is a verb meaning to urinate, or a noun meaning urine

Rosemary Schmid
Local time: 17:51
Native speaker of:

English

4 hrs confidence:

do not listen to them if it is just to piss off their parents No, you are wrong

Explanation:
But in this case i assume piss off is to please the parents am i right?

'Piss off' is to irritate the parents

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 18:51
Native speaker of:

English,

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 56

5 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

do not listen to them if it is just to piss off their parents ...if they are just saying it to piss off their parents.

Explanation:
The other answers are correct, piss off always means to make someone angry. I am just trying to imagine how it would make sense in your sentence, and this is what I came up with.

Melanie Nassar
United States
Local time: 00:51
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 39

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