arse over tit

English

Adverb

arse over tit (comparative more arse over tit, superlative most arse over tit)

1. (UK, idiomatic, vulgar) Tumbling; falling; upside-down; unstable or unbalanced.

   I missed the step and went arse over tit.

Usage notes

• The comparative and superlative forms are uncommon, but do occur.
• Sometimes abbreviated and slightly sanitised as A over T

Quotations

• Then a big Turkish shell knocked me arse over tit / And when I woke up in my hospital bed / And saw what it had done, I wished I was dead. "And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda" by Eric Bogle (1972)

Synonyms

• head over heels
• base over apex

See also

• topsy-turvy

Anagrams

• restorative