0
Espeland Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary

not up one's own ***

0Hello everybody !02br
00I've recently read a sentence (slang, without a doubt) that I don't understand:02br
01i00"They're from Coventry, mate. They're working lads, they're normal boys. They've gone to all the schools we've gone to. They're not up their own arse." 02i02br
00(NME, 19 April 2008, p. 22) 02br
00What does "being up one's own arse" mean ? 02br
02br
00P.S.: Apparently there's a word that is automatically censored. It starts with A, continues with R, S, and ends with E.... 0-
  

Top answer

0-

— Philip

  • 0-
Free · every Monday

Get the Weekly English Kit 📬

New words, one handy idiom, and a 2-minute quiz — delivered to your inbox to keep your streak alive.

5 Answers
0
0I'm not familiar with the British expression, but a similar one in AmEng is "to have one's head up one's b...t", meaning that he can't see what's going on, is oblivious to anything important, doesn't understand, is totally ignorant.0-
0
0
0 I defer to someone British on this, but I suspect the American equivalent is something like 01i00They're not stuck up02i00. Others will correct me as needed.02br
00To be stuck up is to act superior to others, to look down on others, to exaggerate one's own importance, to put on airs. 02br
00CJ 0-
0
0
0Hi guys,02br
02br
00I see it as 'self-obsessed'.02br
02br
00Clive0-
0
0
0full of a sense of their own importance/arrogant/think how wonderful they are.0-
0
0
0 Ah, ok. Thank you very much !0-
0

Related Questions