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Idiom

ask my arse

Vulgar

Meaning

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.

Examples

“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.”

Examples

simple

“If you want to know the truth, ask my arse.”

contextual

“When he demanded to know why I was late, I told him to ask my arse.”

complex

“He pressed me for the secret details of the deal, but I simply told him to ask my arse.”

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