go fly a kite

Idioms  

1. Also,. Go away and stop bothering me, as in Quit it, go fly a kite, or Go jump in the lake. All of these somewhat impolite colloquial imperatives date from the first half of the 1900s and use go as described under go and.

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Example Sentences

This is the part where Mr. Bush politely tells critics of Common Core and national education standards to go fly a kite.

From New York Times • Jan. 6, 2015

Defenders of the Wrights believe Whitehead advocates should instead go fly a kite.

From Time • Dec. 17, 2014

When he asks his Twitter followers what he should do on an off-day, and someone tells him he should go fly a kite, he does.

From Slate • Aug. 12, 2011

Thompson finds the law particularly repressive to Washington politicians, who ought to be able to urge their opponents to "go fly a kite" without being punished for soliciting the commission of a crime.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Don't look right now, but you can go fly a kite to the moon, pal!"

From Dave Dawson at Casablanca by Bowen, Robert Sydney