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I'm going to take my ball and go home!

I want to be in control of the situation and if I can't then no one is going to be allowed to be happy about the outcome.

The expression comes from the playground where one kid, the one who owns the soccer ball or basket ball, doesn't get his way in the game. If he doesn't get his way then he gets mad and punishes those who are unwilling to accept his mandate. He does this by taking his ball and going home thus ending the game and any fun the participants were having.

The expression "I'm going to take my ball and go home" when directed at an individual is used to illustrate the individual's immaturity when that person can't get his way and no longer wants to be a participant in the game or a contributor to Coach Clappy's offense.
Suzie: "Jordy sounds like a little bitch who says: I'm going to take my ball and go home!
by Derek Elston's beard... February 26, 2011
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When you are feeling rich in spirit, but you are too financially poor to play music chairs. Here we go round the mulberry bush... again... cuz we're really really poor... financially...
When you are feeling rich in spirit, but you are too financially poor to play music chairs. Here we go round the mulberry bush... again... cuz we're really really poor... financially...
by MK Dicky May 17, 2021
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Its usually used amongst Asian people, it is a punishment which utlizies psychological and physical pain. This gives the child a false sense of power over their own punishment. They usually go with the smaller ones even though they are all very painful.
Asian Parent: Go Get a Stick For me to Beat You With.

Asian Child: Okay... (Gets a thin smaller stick)

(The Asian Parent whips him with the stick and the Child feels a lot of pain, it stings a lot)
by kasdnlasn May 2, 2023
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Listening to that can make you go broke

Paying to much attention to details that don't matter
Teacher: I don't care if you don't like my way of teaching I have my teaching license your opinion won't matter

Students.. as a student I have a voice so listening to that can make you go broke if I would of listen and payed attention to everything you said I would of never gotten the school borad to agree with me...
by Guesswhoo22 December 10, 2023
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Being in such a paralytic state from the mass consumption of alcohol that when you reach the toilet you are usually slumped down hugging the bowl and screaming 'Oh God!' into the shit abyss in between violent bouts of upchuck.
Yeah man, got so wasted last night I ended up talking to God on the big white telephone!
by Top of the vomit August 26, 2009
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say swear to god!

exclamation said in response to being told something super awesome you are hesitant to believe.
theodore: ...and then she just straight up grabbed my d*ck in the middle of the lecture!
chadwick: say swear to god!
theodore: *holds hands up to show that no fingers are crossed* swear to god! she just grabbed my sh*t!
by geegz April 8, 2009
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