arse over tit
Tumbling; falling; upside-down, unstable or unbalanced.
I missed the step and went arse over tit.
arse
UK /ɑːs/ US /ɐːs/
noun 5verb 1intj 1
Collocations
5ADJ.
beautiful, freezing, large, quiet, right
VERB + ARSE
find, get, kiss, like, move, shot, sit, whistling
ARSE + NOUN
arthur, crawford, else's, myles, someone, tom
PREP.
during, in, into, off, on, out, through, up
ADV.
unfortunately
Definitions
noun
1
A person's buttocks; the bottom, the backside. Also: the anus; the rectum.
As the novel progresses, he is shot in the hand with his own gun, shot in the arse with someone else's and lacerated by a prosthetic weed trimmer.
No one, then or now, wanted to drink the mead that came out of Odin's arse.
2
A stupid, pompous, arrogant, mean or despicable person.
“You're an arse,” Ellen said. ¶ “Please? You must like something about me …?” ¶ “I do. You're an arse. I just told you that. I feel comfy with you, because you're such an arse.”
He looked at me, was just about to call me an arse, when I told him, “You throw it too hard. Try and think of the javelin hitting the target before you throw it. Let it all go through your mind first, see it, feel it, then throw it.” ¶ “Good advice, you arse,” he said and tried again.
3
Used in similes to express something bad or unpleasant.
4
A person; the self; (reflexively) oneself or one's person, chiefly their body; (by extension) one's personal safety, or figuratively one's job, prospects, etc.
verb
1
To be silly, act stupid or mess around.
Stop arsing around!
He was university material, just arsing about as a rigger, arsing about, killing time with bohunks like me[…].
intj
1
An expression of frustration.
(euphemistic)
Thesaurus
Idioms & Phrases
bring one's arse to an anchor
To sit down.
The young Fleming went in search of Smyllie in the Palace Bar, where he and his group were discussing the arguments for and against the Resurrection. "Bring your arse to an anchor,
hang an arse
to hang back, to be afraid to advance.
For though in her he settles well his tarse, Yet his dull, graceless bollocks hang an arse.
ask my arse
A common reply to any question; once common at court and among sailors, under the name of "selling bargains".
smart arse
One who is particularly flippant or insolent or tends to make snide remarks or jokes.
‘That Howard kid is a smart-arse little bugger!’
Example Bank
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As the novel progresses, he is shot in the hand with his own gun, shot in the arse with someone else's and lacerated by a prosthetic weed trimmer.
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No one, then or now, wanted to drink the mead that came out of Odin's arse.
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Or to put it in the more colourful language of our Prime Minister: "The secret to improving rail transport, in my view, is you need to find the right arse to kick." Unfortunately, since the abolition
Wiktionary04
Stop arsing around!
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He was university material, just arsing about as a rigger, arsing about, killing time with bohunks like me[…].
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Pi, upset, roars, "Quit arsing around there and get cracking," and a dozen heads turn their way.
WiktionaryUsage Notes
i Register
In some senses, arse is marked as vulgar, derogatory, slang, UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.
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