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[toast0]

No, that's common in the US. "Taking a piss" as an idiom that means ranting at someone? is not common. If we take a piss, it's just urination.

[ozymandias8 → toast0]

Brits use “taking _the_ piss”. But they also use “pissed” to mean drunk.

[toast0 → ozymandias8]

Yeah, that's how uncommon it is; I don't even know the right form. Pissed to mean drunk is like depends on your friend group? There's people who might say "i got pissed last night" and I'd be like what were you mad about? But other people I'd accept it as an indication of drinking...

[MikeTheGreat → toast0]

Here in the US "taking a piss" means to urinate.

Example:

"Where's Bob?"

"He's in the bathroom, taking a piss"