don't let the door hit you on the way out

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Phrase

don't let the door hit you on the way out

1. (idiomatic, derogatory) Used as a command to leave or to indicate that one is glad, or at least unmoved, to see the addressed person leaving.

Synonyms

• don't let the door hit you in the ass
• don't let the door hit you where the good Lord split you

Translations

good riddance — see good riddance

used to indicate that one is glad to see someone leaving

• Russian: ска́тертью доро́га (ru) (skátertʹju doróga, literally “let the road be like a table-cloth”), ба́ба с во́зу — кобы́ле ле́гче (bába s vózu — kobýle léxče, literally “when a woman leaves the cart, the mare feels easier”), закро́й дверь с обра́тной стороны́ (zakrój dverʹ s obrátnoj storoný, literally “close the door from the reverse side”)
• Spanish: cierra la puerta al salir m or f