"a pox on" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "Originally an expression of abuse to wish that someone develop pocks, that is to say, contract pox. Though pox can range from smallpox to chickenpox to cowpox to syphilis, this expression almost always referred to the last one, the Great Pox.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "interjection"
      },
      "expansion": "a pox on",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "94 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "94 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To express curses upon (somebody), when irked or wroth, as though wishing someone \"a pox\"."
      ],
      "id": "en-a_pox_on-en-intj-4wx3mp0n",
      "links": [
        [
          "curse",
          "curse"
        ],
        [
          "irked",
          "irked"
        ],
        [
          "wroth",
          "wroth"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic, offensive) To express curses upon (somebody), when irked or wroth, as though wishing someone \"a pox\"."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "word": "woe betide"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "word": "fie upon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "word": "to hell with"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "offensive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To hell with (abstract or unalive things)."
      ],
      "id": "en-a_pox_on-en-intj-2f9ktvkX",
      "links": [
        [
          "humorous",
          "humorous"
        ],
        [
          "of",
          "of#English"
        ],
        [
          "To hell with",
          "to hell with"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(humorous, said alternatively with of) To hell with (abstract or unalive things)."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "said alternatively with of"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "humorous"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "a pox on"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English interjections",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "Pages with 1 entry"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Originally an expression of abuse to wish that someone develop pocks, that is to say, contract pox. Though pox can range from smallpox to chickenpox to cowpox to syphilis, this expression almost always referred to the last one, the Great Pox.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "interjection"
      },
      "expansion": "a pox on",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English offensive terms",
        "English terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To express curses upon (somebody), when irked or wroth, as though wishing someone \"a pox\"."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "curse",
          "curse"
        ],
        [
          "irked",
          "irked"
        ],
        [
          "wroth",
          "wroth"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic, offensive) To express curses upon (somebody), when irked or wroth, as though wishing someone \"a pox\"."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "offensive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English humorous terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To hell with (abstract or unalive things)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "humorous",
          "humorous"
        ],
        [
          "of",
          "of#English"
        ],
        [
          "To hell with",
          "to hell with"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(humorous, said alternatively with of) To hell with (abstract or unalive things)."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "said alternatively with of"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "humorous"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "woe betide"
    },
    {
      "word": "fie upon"
    },
    {
      "word": "to hell with"
    }
  ],
  "word": "a pox on"
}