head down, bum up
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head down, bum up (not comparable)
- (slang) In a figurative bodily position adopted when working hard at some task, either physical or mental.
- 2007, 6 April, Gold Coast Bulletin, Call of sea sirens, [1]
- Hadn't heard a thing. Hard at work, head down, bum up.
- 2007, 6 April, Gold Coast Bulletin, Call of sea sirens, [1]