don't drop the soap
Used as a mockery to someone who is about to be or should be confined in prison.
soap
/soʊp/
noun 7verb 4name 1
Collocations
12(noun.)
ADJ
mild | perfumed, scented | liquid | carbolic | toilet | saddle
QUANT
bar, cake
VERB + SOAP
use, wash (sth) with
SOAP + NOUN
flakes, powder | bubble, suds | dish, dispenser
PHRASES
soap and water
Definitions
noun
1
A metallic salt derived from a fatty acid, commonly used in cleaning products.
2
Some other substance, often a detergent or another surfactant, able to mix with both oil and water, used for cleaning.
I tried washing my hands with soap, but the stain wouldn't go away.
She went to the shop to buy soap, but they had run out.
3
Money, specially when used as a bribe.
4
A soap opera.
5
A solid masonry unit or brick reduced in depth or height from standard dimensions.
verb
1
To apply soap to in washing.
Be sure to soap yourself well before rinsing.
2
To cover, lather, or in any other manner treat with soap, often as a prank.
Those kids soaped my windows!
3
To be discreet about (a topic).
4
To flatter; to wheedle.
noun
1
thiopental (sodium pentothal)
'Time? Doesn't have much meaning when they're trying to dry you out. I rather think they gave me a shot of soap at one point.' Soap is intelligence speak for sodium pentathol.
Thesaurus
Idioms & Phrases
know from a bar of soap
To know; to be acquainted with (a person).
After she won the lottery, Marge had long-lost relatives she didn't know from a bar of soap come up to her to ask for money.
no soap
It is (or was) a failure.
I went back down to the men's room on the second floor and yelled his name in front of the private apartments, but no soap.
Example Bank
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I tried washing my hands with soap, but the stain wouldn't go away.
Wiktionary02
She went to the shop to buy soap, but they had run out.
Wiktionary03
Be sure to soap yourself well before rinsing.
Wiktionary04
Those kids soaped my windows!
Wiktionary05
'Time? Doesn't have much meaning when they're trying to dry you out. I rather think they gave me a shot of soap at one point.' Soap is intelligence speak for sodium pentathol.
Wiktionary06
The specified system will use SOAP for message exchange.
WiktionaryUsage Notes
i Register
In some senses, soap is marked as informal, slang, dated. Watch for register when choosing this word.
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