die on one's arse
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[edit]die on one's arse (third-person singular simple present dies on one's arse, present participle dying on one's arse, simple past and past participle died on one's arse)
- (British, Ireland, idiomatic, vulgar slang) To fail completely.
- Synonyms: flop, die a death
- 2013, Andrew Grice, “Michael Dugher on Labour's 2015 election strategy: This will be the most personal election ever”, in The Independent[1]:
- He explains: "Labour still has its historic competitive advantage – people. Tory party membership is dying on its arse and no one is joining the Liberal Democrats."
- 2014, Ian Glasper, Burning Britain: The History of UK Punk 1980–1984[2], PM Press, page 18:
- [...] the record failed miserably to chart. "That album died on its arse, to be honest," admits Shane.
- (British, Ireland, idiomatic, vulgar slang, of a comedian) To be very poorly received by an audience.
- 2008, Frank Skinner, Frank Skinner on the Road: Love, Stand-up Comedy and The Queen Of The Night[3], Arrow Books, published 2009, page 55:
- [...] this was very far from being my best bits. It was me, in various venues, dying on my arse, over and over again.
- 2018, Romesh Ranganathan, “Romesh Ranganathan: 'If someone says "did you enjoy that?" I know I've died on my arse'”, in The Guardian[4]:
- The worst thing you can say to a comedian right after they come off stage is: "Did you enjoy that?" If somebody says that, I know I’ve died on my arse.
- 2021, 00:60 from the start, in No More Jockeys[5], season 4, episode 4, spoken by Tim Key:
- KEY: I've been known to get up on that stage and deliver a bad, um...
HORNE: Poem. I've seen you deliver some bad poems...
KEY: Yeah, I've seen you die on your ass.