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on the bum





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She later confessed that the stress of stardom caused her to develop a "boil on the bum" that had to be lanced hours before performing live on Dutch TV.

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2022

This is madness, and it will bite them on the bum in the end.

From The Guardian • Mar. 31, 2013

You always get bitten on the bum when you get fancy.

From BBC • May 30, 2012

When misused – look at Facebook – it can make one long for the days when bad grammar was punished with a metre rule on the bum rather than an "unlike".

From The Guardian • Jan. 15, 2011

As I say, the poetry was strictly on the bum, but what it lacked in quality it made up in quantity and he could spiel it off by the yard.

From Side Show Studies by Herford, Oliver




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