Don't be up your own bum
July 4th, 2013 at 9:31:15 PM permalink | |
Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 | "Don't be up your own bum" was Dame Helen Mirren's advice to young starlets who get in trouble with drinking and the law. Frankly, I am not precisely sure what that means. "Pull your head out of your @ss" = "Stop ignoring the problems around you" according to urban dictionary. Is that the polite British equivalent of the same thing? |
July 4th, 2013 at 9:51:53 PM permalink | |
Fleastiff Member since: Oct 27, 2012 Threads: 62 Posts: 7831 | In the USA it would mean not paying attention to surrounding events but in the UK its a bit more emphasis on the fault involved being one's own. |