Dean: I'm here to kick off the first day of a new tradition at our
school called Green WeekPierce: What? First we get a month of black
history, now we're blowing seven days on the Irish.— Community
It may be kind of a slangy phrase as it came from a TV show. I guess he was saying now he need to contribute seven days to the Irish— figuratively because of the colour green.
Is this the direct meaning of the phrase or a rhetorical one?
Can someone provide another example of this usage of blow?
Best Answer
"blow" in this context is a colloquial form meaning to waste, and can refer to time or money:
In other contexts, it means to ruin:
The idiom blow one's cover means to reveal their true identity or hiding place: