A British woman who sued a former employer for neglecting to give her a farewell card lost her lawsuit when it was revealed her colleagues had bought her a card, but no one signed it.
  • teft@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    29 days ago

    I always thought “are you taking the piss?” meant “are you being sarcastic?”. TIL

    • BrundleFly2077@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      11·
      29 days ago

      No, you’re right. That is what it means.

      The sentence mentioning it in the article was weirdly worded. It wasn’t making any claims about the definition of the phrase, just when it was used.

    • d00ery@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      29 days ago

      I think it depends on whether Karen knew she didn’t work very hard, in which case her statement about doing “all the hard work” would be sarcasm.

      However, given the other examples in the article I’d say she truly believed she did all the work - and therefore her statement was not sarcasm.