| gen. |
kick in the butt (a kick up the arse/backside idiom UK (US a kick in the butt/pants) offensive If you give someone a kick up the arse, you do or say something to try to stop them being lazy. CALD. forceful encouragement to do something She knows when we need a kick in the butt to get this done right. Luckily, you can add memory and give your computer a real kick in the pants without spending a ton of money. Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms Copyright й Cambridge University Press 2003. Alexander Demidov); boot in the butt (Alexander Demidov) |
