What does 'lump' mean in the phrase 'You can like it or lump it'
What does 'lump' mean in the phrase 'You can like it or lump it'?
As in the example: 'I am going on holiday and if you don't agree you can like it or lump it.'
"lump" as a verb also means carry, especially something heavy (at least in Northern English) - so you can like it or have to carry it anyway
According to the Oxford Dictionaries:
lump (/,ləmp/) verb [with object] (lump it) informal: accept or tolerate a disagreeable situation whether one likes it or not: you can like it or lump it but I’ve got to work