on the bum
Example Sentences
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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
You always get bitten on the bum when you get fancy.
From BBC ● May 30, 2012
Were Emma, so sardonic and yet so soft-hearted, and Dexter, such a dreadful show-off until life bites him on the bum, based on real people?
From The Guardian ● Aug. 6, 2011
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
That Jurgis was an old customer entitled him to a somewhat longer stop; but then he had been away two weeks, and was evidently "on the bum."
From The Jungle by Sinclair, Upton
