on the bum
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She later confessed that the stress of stardom caused her to develop a "boil on the bum" that had to be lanced hours before performing live on Dutch TV.
From BBC • Jan. 27, 2022
You always get bitten on the bum when you get fancy.
From BBC • May 30, 2012
Were Emma, so sardonic and yet so soft-hearted, and Dexter, such a dreadful show-off until life bites him on the bum, based on real people?
From The Guardian • Aug. 6, 2011
When misused – look at Facebook – it can make one long for the days when bad grammar was punished with a metre rule on the bum rather than an "unlike".
From The Guardian • Jan. 15, 2011
He presently put his head conveniently in between Sawdy and Lefever and offered some news of his own: "There's been a big electric storm in the up country, Sawdy; the telephones are on the bum."
From Laramie Holds the Range by Spearman, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton)
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