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Meanings of ass over teakettle in English

With the head towards the ground and the legs higher than the body.

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        Examples for "arse over tit"
        Examples for "arse over tit"
        1
        You always feel you're in danger of being blown arse over tit.
        The Irish Times
        2
        'I might have done if I hadn't gone arse over tit on the kerb.
        The water room
        1
        I soon found myself head over heels in love with this girl.
        David Crockett: His Life and Adventures
        2
        Of course I was head over heels into the scheme at once.
        Danger Signals / Remarkable, Exciting and Unique Examples of the...
        3
        His Highness was instantly knocked head over heels to a considerable distance.
        Across the Zodiac / The Story of a Wrecked Record
        4
        There were pails upset, and even some milkmaids went head over heels.
        Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know
        5
        Third-toquote your own words-you'rehead over heels in love with her.
        The Street Called Straight
        Usage of ass over teakettle in English
        1
        Because I really went ass over teakettle to try to accommodate him.
        The Yankee Years
        2
        She tumbled, ass over teakettle, right over the edge of the deck.
        Changeless
        3
        Small wonder that I fell, tumbling down the hill, ass over teakettle.
        The Name of the Wind
        4
        He landed tumbling, ass over teakettle, as one of his more elderly lovers was fond of saying.
        iD
        5
        I hit the ground hard, jamming my knee and tumbling backward, flipping ass over teakettle before rolling to a stop.
        Terminal
        6
        Then he stopped suddenly and turned on his heel, sending Manny, who'd followed a little too closely behind, tumbling ass over teakettle and sprawling.
        I'll never get out of this world alive
        7
        Rapp remembered his little brother's black athletic glasses flying up in the air and the tiny white-haired catcher going ass over teakettle into the backstop.
        Consent to kill: a thriller
        8
        "You just lost it and went ass over teakettle." When suspicious, Harry makes the inquisition priests look amateur.
        Bones to Ashes