It's time the government got off its backside and did something about improving the railways.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
get off backside — get off (your) backside British & Australian, very informal! to stop being lazy and start doing something. It s time the government got off its backside and did something about improving the railways … New idioms dictionary
off — 1 adverb, adjective (not before noun) 1 away or from where something is: Travis got into his car and drove off. | Suddenly they turned off and parked in a side road. | be off (=to leave): We re off now. Thanks for the meal! | be off to (=to go to … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
backside — back|side [ˈbæksaıd] n informal 1.) the part of your body that you sit on = ↑bottom 2.) get off your backside to start doing something or taking action, instead of not doing anything →be a pain in the backside at ↑pain1 (3) … Dictionary of contemporary English
Phil McGraw — Phillip McGraw Phil McGraw photographié par Jerry Avenaim pour la couverture du Newsweek magazine, 2001 Données clés Nom de naissance Phillip C … Wikipédia en Français
Frank Sartor — Infobox Officeholder honorific prefix = name=Frank Ernest Sartor caption= nationality=Australian order2=NSW Minister for Planning, Redfern Waterloo the Arts term start2 = August 2004 (Redfern Waterloo) September 2005 (Planning) April 2007 (Arts)… … Wikipedia
boonkie\ or\ boonky — The backside or rump area. Get off your boonky and help me in the kitchen, please … Dictionary of american slang
boonkie\ or\ boonky — The backside or rump area. Get off your boonky and help me in the kitchen, please … Dictionary of american slang
duff — I. n 1. the backside, buttocks. Duff is a 19th century word for boiled dumpling or pudding (surviving in the British plum duff ), from which this usage was probably derived. ► Come on you turkeys, get off your duffs and give me some info. (Buck… … Contemporary slang
Aerials (skateboarding) — For other uses of the word, see Aerial (disambiguation). Aerials (or more commonly airs) are a type of skateboarding trick usually performed on half pipes, pools or quarter pipes where there is a vertical wall with a transition (curved surface… … Wikipedia
Spanish profanity — Joder redirects here. For the community in Nebraska, see Joder, Nebraska. This article is a summary of Spanish profanity, referred to in the Spanish language as lenguaje soez (low language), maldiciones (curse words), malas palabras (bad words),… … Wikipedia
