Idiom
ass over teakettle
Vulgar
Meaning
Tumbling upside down.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He tripped and fell ass over teakettle down the stairs.”
“The dog slipped on the ice and went ass over teakettle into the snowbank.”
“Startled by the sudden clap of thunder, the horse reared and sent its rider ass over teakettle into the mud.”
Examples
simple
“He tripped and fell ass over teakettle down the stairs.”
contextual
“The dog slipped on the ice and went ass over teakettle into the snowbank.”
complex
“Startled by the sudden clap of thunder, the horse reared and sent its rider ass over teakettle into the mud.”
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