ask my arse
A common reply to any question; once common at court and among sailors, under the name of "selling bargains".
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“If you want to know the truth, ask my arse.”
“When he demanded to know why I was late, I told him to ask my arse.”
“He pressed me for the secret details of the deal, but I simply told him to ask my arse.”
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aris
[Cockney slang]arse
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arse end of nowhere
A very remote place.
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arse over tip
Tumbling or falling; upside-down.
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arse over tit
Tumbling; falling; upside-down, unstable or unbalanced.
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ask after
To enquire about the health or progress (of someone).
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ask around
To enquire of different people about something.
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ask for it
To provoke an unwanted action; to invite a problem or fail to prevent one.
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ask for the moon
To claim or desire something that one cannot have.
Last updated August 10, 2026