Phrases & SayingsWork, bush and rural life
we're not here to fuck spiders
Also: not here to fuck spiders
We are here to act, not waste time.
In a sentence
Righto, we’re not here to fuck spiders — let’s get started.
Where it came from
A deliberately crude Australian call to stop wasting time and get on with the task. Its precise origin is uncertain, and the available record is much newer than some oral claims suggest.
- First recorded
- early 21st century
- Initial era
- 2000–today
- Where used
- Australia-wide