on the bum

Idioms and Phrases

see under on the blink .

Example Sentences

Mr Brady asked what the purpose of smacking a one-year-old child would be, to which Mr Castle replied: "You're smacking him on the bum to get him to settle. You just say 'that's enough now', then you start saying shush."

From BBC

She admitted "smacking on the bum" which she also referred to in messages, breaking down in tears as she told jurors there was "no excuse" but "you tend to parent how you were parented and I was smacked on the bum so I didn't really see it as an issue".

From BBC

She later confessed that the stress of stardom caused her to develop a "boil on the bum" that had to be lanced hours before performing live on Dutch TV.

From BBC

Ms McGrotty said on that occasion, Det Con Sharkie slapped her "on the bum".

From BBC

If he gets a chance to play regularly in place of injured right fielder Dexter Fowler and fails to produce, he won’t pin his struggles on the bum left shoulder that hampered him for almost four years and was surgically repaired in August 2019.

From Los Angeles Times

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