my arse

English

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Interjection

my arse

1. (slang, Britain, Ireland, vulgar) Indicates incredulous disapproval, contradiction or disbelief.
   • 2015, Colin Burrow, “The Empty Bath”, in London Review of Books, volume 37, number 12:

     Does this circuitous process of misinformation display the ‘liquid clearness of an Ionian sky’? My arse it does.

   • 1999 September 30, Caroline Aherne, Craig Cash, Carmel Morgan, The Royle Family, season 2, episode 1, spoken by Denise Royle, Jim Royle, and Barbara Royle (Caroline Aherne, Ricky Tomlinson, and Sue Johnston):

     Denise: Dad! Your fly hole's all undone.
     Jim: Ah, the cage might be open, but the beast is asleep.
     Barbara: Beast my arse.

Synonyms

• fiddlesticks, horsefeathers, my ass, my foot, pull the other one; see also Thesaurus:bullshit

Translations

Indicates disapproval, disregard or disbelief

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 個屁／个屁 (go³ pei³)

  Mandarin: 你妹 (nǐmèi), 你個頭／你个头 (nǐgetóu), 個頭／个头 (zh) (getóu), 個屁／个屁 (gepì)

• Czech: no to mi ho teda vyndej, ani hovno
• Danish: min røv
• French: mon cul (fr)
• German: am Arsch (de)
• Russian: твою́ мать (tvojú matʹ)
• Spanish: y una mierda
• Vietnamese: cái đầu mày

Anagrams

• Rameys, Ramsey, smeary