arse over tip

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arse over tip (not comparable)

  1. (British, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, idiomatic, vulgar) Tumbling or falling; upside-down.
    • 1935, T.E. Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom, Wordsworth Editions, published 1997, →ISBN, pages 517-518:
      An unlucky camel increased the confusion by firing one of the many Turkish trip-mines as it entered the yard. The explosion blew it arse over tip, and caused a panic.

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