| 单词 | arse about face |
| 释义 | > as lemmasarse about face Phrases P1. In various expressions with the sense ‘head over heels; in confusion’, as arse over head, arse over tip, arse over tit, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > [phrase] > head over heels tail over top1303 top over tailc1330 heels over headc1400 tail and top1558 head over heels1678 over head and heels1678 heels over gowdy1751 head over tip1824 arse over tip1922 ass over tea-kettle1963 c1400 Life St. Anne (Minn.) (1928) l. 2721 (MED) Þe childer..played þer with þam at þe bawll; Þai welterd all ars ouer hede. 1565 W. Stewart tr. Breif Gathering Halie Signes f. 14 Quhairfore..haif ze mixit arse ouer head, oillis in the halie Sacrament of Baptisme? 1595 A. Munday tr. First Bk. Primaleon ix. 69 The Marques went arse ouer head, ouer his horse head to kisse the ground. 1672 M. Atkins Cataplus 51 Others by active fancy led Were at turning arse over head. 1710 E. Ward Life Don Quixote ii. viii. 148 Down he came, Arse over Head. 1834 J. B. Ker Ess. Archaiol. Pop. Eng. Phrases & Nursery Rhymes 105 Arse over head, as in the expression, ‘he fell arse over head.’ 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xv. [Circe] 445 Arse over tip. Hundred shillings to five. 1968 A. Diment Great Spy Race x. 184 I scrambled down a sharp bank..almost going arse over tit when my foot caught in a branch. 1972 Observer 24 Sept. 37/3 An alternative system which..turns Marx arse over tip. 1991 J. Kelman Burn (1992) 240 He walked as fast as he could..without slipping..arse over elbow into the burn. 2004 S. Hall Electric Michelangelo 228 There was something backwards about it, arse over tit as Riley would have said. P2. to hang an (also the) arse: to hold back; to be reluctant or dilatory. rare after 18th cent.In quot. 1999 in historical context. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > be or become slow [verb (intransitive)] > be dilatory slowOE tarrya1375 linger1548 procrastinate1548 slackc1560 forslow1571 to hang back1581 to hang an (also the) arse1596 to hang fire1782 to be slow off the mark1972 1596 J. Harington New Disc. Aiax sig. E8v (margin) Some of our rude countrimen English this obtorto collo, hanging an arse. a1640 P. Massinger Guardian v. iv. 94 in 3 New Playes (1655) Nay, No hanging an arse. 1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. i. 35 Could he stir To active trot one side of's Horse, The other would not hang an-Arse. 1710 J. Ozell tr. A. Tassoni Secchia Rapita i. 22 See how that Bitch There, hangs an arse, afraid to leap a Ditch! 1762 T. Bridges Homer Travestie I. ii. 138 Who fight, as if inspir'd by Mars, Or who, like Dutchmen, hang an a—se. 1834 J. B. Ker Ess. Archaiol. Pop. Eng. Phrases & Nursery Rhymes 66 To hang an arse, in the sense of, to remain behind, to give up first (before the rest). 1935 W. G. Smith Oxf. Dict. Eng. Prov. 517 To hang the groin (a leg, an arse), to hesitate or hold back. 1999 A. Mallinson Close Run Thing (2000) i. 35 Slade tries to curb all vigour in his subordinates, and hangs the arse at any price. P3. arse upwards. a. In good luck. Chiefly in to rise with one's arse upwards: to be lucky. rare after 18th cent. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > in prosperous condition [phrase] > fortunately > in or with good luck arse upwardsc1600 in luck1752 on the tinny luck1918 quids in1919 c1600 Timon (1980) i. v. 19 This man this daye rose with his Arse upwards To daye a fidler and at night a Noble. 1678 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Prov. (ed. 2) 80 He rose with his A—— upwards. A sign of good luck. 1709 E. Ward Secret Hist. Clubs xxii. 244 I'd rise Arse upwards e'ery Day by-times. 1738 J. Swift Treat. Polite Conversat. iii. 88 She had good Luck to draw Tom Plump into Wedlock; she rises with her —— upwards. 1937 E. Partridge Dict. Slang 18/1 Arse upwards, in good luck; luckily. b. Originally and chiefly British regional. Upside down, topsy-turvy; back to front. Cf. arsewards adv. ΚΠ 1896 in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1898) I. 75/1 [Northumberland] Arse-upwards, upside down... [Suffolk] ‘Arse-uppards’ is a usual term for many things lying bottom up. 1960 A. O. D. Claxton Suffolk Dial. 20th Cent. (ed. 2) (at cited word) To unlock a door with the keyhole in the reverse position one would have to put the key in ‘arse uppards’. 1970 Guardian 25 Mar. 11/6 Because Mother is read by many straitlaced and quite unpermissive ladies, the supplements [on sexual topics] are being inserted ‘arse upwards’. 2016 Observer (Nexis) 17 July (Film section) You start with a release date... Then they start on a script... To get around this..arse-upwards approach, Greengrass and Rouse wrote the script before filming started. P4. Phrases expressing contemptuous rejection, dismissal, or hostility, often as a retort. a. slang (chiefly British and Irish English). my arse!: expressing dismissive or incredulous contradiction, esp. as a scornful rejection of another's stated opinions; ‘nonsense!’, ‘like hell!’, ‘you must be joking!’. Usually following a full or partial restatement of what is being dismissed or rejected. Cf. my ass at ass n.2 Phrases 1c, my foot! at foot n. and int. Phrases 9b, my eye at eye n.1 Phrases 4n(b).In quots. 1602 and 1710 it is explicitly asserted that the speaker's buttocks are equal value or quality to the matter under discussion. ΚΠ 1602 B. Jonson Poetaster iv. vii. sig. I2 Crisp. They say, he's valiant. Tvcca. Valiant? so is mine Arse. View more context for this quotation 1710 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 3 Nov. (2013) 56 They..promise me letters to the two archbishops here; but mine a— for it all.] 1734 ‘C. Johnson’ Gen. Hist. Lives Highwaymen 62/2 Says Nehemiah, Quæso, Domine, dare mihi aliquid [i.e. ‘I beg you, master, to give me something’]: Quæso, quæso, my Arse, answer'd the Footman. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones V. xv. v. 227 ‘You frighten the young Lady so, that you deprive her of all Power of Utterance.’ ‘Power of mine A—,’ answered the Squire. 1933 M. Lowry Ultramarine vi. 236 ‘Got icebreakers on them.’ ‘Icebreakers my arse.’ 1999 C. Aherne et al. Royle Family Scripts: Ser. 2 (2000) Episode 7. 160 Barbara. Let's all have a snowball! Don't snowballs make your feel Christmassy, ey? Jim. Snowballs my arse. 2015 A. Sparrow Harvesters x. 103 It's a load of old horseshit anyway, crashed alien spaceships my arse! b. to stick (also shove, etc.) (something) up your (also his, her) arse and variants. Frequently in stick (also shove, etc.) it up your arse. ΚΠ 1735 in P. Earle Sailors (1998) vi. 74 [He] told me I might stick the logg board in my arse etc. 1863 G. W. Gribbin in Proc. Court Martial (U.S. National Arch. RG 153, GCMO no. 128, File no. NN-0902) 6 Nov. If the Officers want to take my pay, they may take it and be God damned, and shove it up their arses if they like it. ?1927–8 J. Fliesler Anecdota Americana 85 Take this steak right back to the chef and tell him to stick it up his arse. 1965 P. Arrowsmith Jericho (1983) iv. 39 You know what you can do with that man—stuff it up your bloody arse. 1986 D. Potter Singing Detective ii. 54 Dr Gibbon : I will read you a passage. If I may. Marlow : (Evenly ) I'd rather you shoved it up your arse. 2005 N. Hornby Long Way Down 34 Stick your smile up your saggy old arse. c. With verb omitted, in up your arse. Cf. up yours at up prep.2 3b. ΚΠ 1971 New Statesman 7 May 645/2 Fellini ambles around,..yelling, ‘Up your arse!’ to Capucine and subsequently apologising. 1984 J. Kelman Busconductor Hines i. 34 I always knew it: typical fenian marxist fucking glory seeker. Up your arse. 2006 M. O'Farrell Vanishing Act Esme Lennox 104 As George is saying this Alex mutters, up your arse, and Iris has to swallow hard so as not to laugh. P5. slang (originally and chiefly British and Irish English). a. to —— one's arse off: to —— intensely, vigorously, or to excess. Frequently in to work one's arse off: to work extremely hard. Cf. ass n.2 Phrases 7, to —— one's tits off at tit n.1 Phrases 2b.With quot. 1923, cf. tear-arse n. at tear- comb. form 2. ΚΠ 1923 J. Manchon Le Slang 54 To tear one's arse off, s'échiner à travailler. 1981 F. Laker in Forbes (Nexis) 3 Aug. 34 If I don't work my arse off all the time, the dividend drops, the value of the shares goes down and that puts mine down. 1992 P. McCabe Butcher Boy (1993) 138 I went away laughing my arse off. 1994 Face Sept. 157/2 90 per cent of clubbers go to clubs to cop off, dance their arses off and get out of their head. 2016 Herald Sun (Austral.) (Nexis) 21 Feb. 9 I work my arse off, I didn't have what they had as kids. b. to —— the arse off someone: to —— someone vigorously, intensely, or to an extreme degree. Originally and frequently with reference to sexual intercourse. Cf. to —— the tits off (someone or something) at tit n.1 Phrases 2a. ΚΠ 1968 G. M. Williams From Scenes like These vi. 130 For a while it had been enough just to know he was banging the arse off a toff's daughter. 1971 F. Forsyth Day of Jackal xx. 336 We're looking for a fellow who screwed the arse off a Baroness..not a couple of raving nances. 1989 M. Darke First of Midnight (BNC) 67 It's enough to freeze the arse off a cat. 1994 Guardian 30 Mar. ii. 8/4 It would bore the arse off anybody, it's real anorak stuff. 2010 R. Doyle in New Yorker May 65/2 She rode the arse off me. P6. slang (originally and chiefly British). arse about face. Cf. arsy-versy adv. and adj., ass-backwards adv. and adj. a. As adjectival phrase: contrary to what is usual, expected, or logical; confused, muddled, perverse. ΚΠ 1923 J. Manchon Le Slang 54 Arse about face, c'en d'vant derrière. 1946 R. Grinstead They dug Hole ii. i. 70 That's the army all over, arse about face. 1993 Times 30 July 33/2 When the album came out, most people had spent more time reading about us than listening to us, which is the most arse-about-face thing I can think of. 2001 Austral. Financial Rev. (Nexis) 9 Mar. 28 Most people think technology, then processes, then people. That's arse about face. People is where it starts and stops. b. As adverbial phrase: in a manner contrary to what is usual, expected, or logical; backwards, back to front, the wrong way round. ΚΠ 1972 Guardian 23 Mar. 12/2 A director trying to have it both ways and ending up arse about face. 1990 Jerusalem Post (Nexis) 24 Aug. He gripped the club ‘arse about face’—his right hand was above the left and he played right-handed. 2014 Bush Tel. (Queensland, Austral.) (Nexis) 15 July 19 We probably did things a bit arse-about-face, getting the cattle before the fencing. P7. not to know one's arse from one's elbow: to be very stupid or ignorant. Also not to know one's arse from a hole in the ground and other variants.Earlier currency is suggested by the euphemistic variant in quot. 1930. ΚΠ 1930 R. Blaker Medal without Bar xiii. 69 Nor 'an 'un of us knows 'is ears from 'is elbow when it comes to learning—learning like you orficers have got up your sleeves.] 1944 ‘N. Shute’ Pastoral iv. 75 I wish I'd had a crowd like that for my first crew. We none of us knew arse from elbow when they pushed me off. 1968 W. Barker Brain Storms xxxvii. 147 You really don't know your arse from a hole in the ground. 1994 E. McNamee Resurrection Man (1998) v. 40 This Kelly character doesn't know his arse from a hole in his trousers. 2008 S. Toltz Fraction of Whole iv. 413 It confuses you so you don't know your arse from your elbow. P8. Scottish slang. arse for elbow: (in a manner) contrary to what is usual, expected, or logical; back to front, the wrong way round. ΚΠ 1953 J. Barke Crest of Broken Wave i. 54 Oh, damn fine I ken how things are a' arse for elbow in this world. 2000 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 3 May 17 ‘Is that an engagement ring?’ ‘No,’ says the other, ‘it's an eternity ring. We're doing everything erse for elbow.’ 2016 @acers9 11 May in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Your ups is down and your downs are up. Your lefts are rights. Basically everything is arse for elbow. P9. a. to get (up) off one's arse: to get going; to begin a course of action; to stop procrastinating or being lazy. Cf. to get off one's backside at backside n., adj., and adv. Phrases 3. ΚΠ 1960 B. Ash Someone had Blundered viii. 114 ‘Get your lazy self up off your arse and fill it your bloody self,’ said Slinger; and threw the basin back at him. 1970 Illustr. London News 25 Apr. 41/2 They all wanted things done but none of them were prepared to get off their fat arses. 1996 F. McCourt Angela's Ashes v. 133 Tell your father to get off his northern arse and get a job like the decent men of Limerick. 2015 Sunday Independent (Ireland) (Nexis) 21 June Everyone is getting fatter, everyone's getting diabetes..because no-one will get up off their arse and go for a run. b. to move (also shift) (one's) arse and variants: to get going, get a move on; to move swiftly, hurry up; to leave; (also) to get out of the way. Frequently in imperative.The word obscured by dashes in the text of quot. 1958 is likely to be arse, to rhyme with the words ‘enchanting farce’; compare quot. 1974. ΚΠ 1958 J. Lerner My Fair Lady i. vii. 83 Come on Dover!!! Move your bloomin' –—!!!] 1973 Spectrum 15 36 Shift arse old man, stop holding up the bus. 1974 Beverley (W. Austral.) Times 17 Oct. 5/3 (advt.) Be like Eliza Doolittle's horse... ‘Move your bloomin' arse!’ 1993 L. Davies Work, Sex & Rugby 88 By the time..[the solicitor] shifts his arse and writes a letter, that's a hundred quid. 1997 B. Breytenbach December in D. Hirson Lava of this Land 56 Jump to it! Clean up! Move arse! 2010 C. Reid Secrets at St. Jude's: Drama Girl 166 That will be my..dad now, wondering why I'm not shifting my arse fetching and carrying drinks. Categories » c. to get one's arse in gear: see gear n. Additions. P10. out on one's arse: ejected or dismissed from a job, post, etc. Cf. out on one's ear at ear n.1 Phrases 1l. ΚΠ 1965 G. Skelton & A. Mitchell tr. P. Weiss Persecution & Assassination J.-P. Marat 13 Down with all the ruling class Throw all the generals out on their arse. 1984 Guardian 19 May 7/8 You could go to the toilet whenever you wanted to—and have a cigarette if you wanted one. If you'd done that in the mill, you'd have been out on your arse. 1996 F. McCourt Angela's Ashes (1997) xii. 320 Where am I then, missus? Out on my arse jobless and a mother to support that's ninety-two. 2010 Times (Nexis) 7 Sept. Look, I might get it wrong. I'll be judged on results, and if I don't get them, then I'll be out on my arse. P11. slang (originally and chiefly British). a. to disappear (also go, vanish, etc.) up one's own arse: to become self-involved, pretentious, or conceited, typically to a degree which is abnormal or harmful. ΚΠ 1966 P. Marshall Excluded from Cemetery ii. iii. 181 You see, logic cannot stand the application of logic. Under such an application, logic will disappear up its own arse. 1978 Sounds 11 Feb. 16/1 The self-serious artistic and socio-political statements of the Woodstock Generation? Oh dear. They vanished up their own arses, alright. 1998 Touch July 109/1 It's the kind of place that manages to revel in a bit of pretentious comfort without going too far up its own arse. 2008 New Musical Express (Nexis) 31 May Oasis have disappeared up their own arse. They think they are Led Zeppelin. b. to be up one's own arse and variants: to be self-involved, pretentious, or conceited. ΚΠ 1988 Marketing 8 Sept. 9 A friend of mine, who didn't like them, described them as ‘stuck up their own arse’. 1997 G. Williams Diamond Geezers xxviii. 170 Sanctimonious cowards, too up their own arses to feel pity for their victims. 2012 Sunday Independent (Ireland) (Nexis) 23 Sept. You become more interested in the world and not so up your own arse. P12. a. to make an arse of (someone): to cause (someone) to appear absurd or foolish. Cf. to make an ass of (someone) at ass n.1 Phrases 2a. ΚΠ 1967 Observer 23 Apr. 22/5 To go along the wing bouncing the ball on the instep, making an arse of anybody who comes in to tackle. 1997 Sunday Times (Nexis) 10 Aug. They've made an arse of my mother, my brother, everything. 2015 Sunday Star-Times (Auckland) (Nexis) 30 Aug. 5 The victory..made an arse of the Greens. b. to make an arse of oneself: to behave in a way which makes one appear absurd or foolish. Cf. to make an ass of oneself at ass n.1 Phrases 2b. ΚΠ 1968 G. Spunt Place in Time xxv. 195 I don't want you on that dance floor, making an arse of yourself, you understand? 1985 Colorado Springs (Colorado) Gaz. Tel. 15 Jan. a8/5 Our solitary study of where..the line is drawn between good sportsmanship and making an arse of oneself. 2010 L. Heidke Claudia's Big Break (2011) iii. 30 I usually made an arse of myself when it came to men. c. Scottish. to make an arse of (something): to mess (something) up; to botch, bungle, or ruin (something). Cf. to arse up at arse v. 2. ΚΠ 1974 Oral Hist. 2 i. 48 They had made an arse of Fairfield. The Party had made a cock-up of Fairfields. 1991 Conjunctions 17 83 Needed to be sure about these things..before you opened your mouth else just make an arse of the whole jingbang just fuck it up totally. 2013 C. Robertson Witness Dead xlvii. 389 We have to trust Winter not to make an arse of this. P13. to die on one's arse: to fail badly; to suffer an irreversible decline, come to a sudden or premature end. Originally and frequently with reference to stand-up comedians or other entertainers, and the failure of a live performance; cf. to die on one's feet at foot n. and int. Phrases 2d(b). ΚΠ 1984 T. Francis in K. Kirk Men in Frocks 110/1 Some of the songs go down as well as they did two years ago and so l'm a bit scared to get rid of them—good numbers are hard to find, and l haven't died on my arse yet. 1999 Guardian 6 May (G2 section) 13/1 Homer never had to die on his arse on an open-mike night. 2015 Irish Daily Mail (Nexis) 15 Aug. (Sport section) 77 Dark clouds are forming..because hurling is dying on its arse. Categories » P14. ask my arse: see ask v. Phrases 11. to get one's head out of one's arse: see head n.1 Phrases 6g(b). to have one's head up one's arse: see head n.1 Phrases 6g(a). with one's finger up one's arse: see finger n. Phrases 4c(b). a kick up the arse: see kick n.1 Additions. to kiss (a person's) arse: see kiss v. 6l. not to give a rat's arse: see rat n.1 Phrases 10. to think the sun shines out of a person's arse: see sun n.1 Phrases 2b(c)(ii). to take it up the arse: see take v. Phrases 1m. to talk out of one's arse: see talk v. Additions. tits and arse: see tit n.1 Phrases 3a. < as lemmas |
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