burn one's toast
verbEtymology
From sense 3 of toast (a person or group held in high esteem).
Definitions
To cause inconvenience
To cause inconvenience; to spoil someone's fun or enjoyment of something.
- He talks as if I have no right to be upset, as if all he has done is inconvenience me. "Oops, I didn't mean to burn your toast, sorry." That's his tone. He acts as if it's his right to do whatever he wants to me.
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Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for burn one's toast. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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