backside

*bald as a coot and *bald as a baby's backside

completely bald. (*Also: as ~.) If Tom's hair keeps receding like that, he'll be bald as a coot by the time he's thirty. Fred: Now, I'll admit my hair is thinning a little on the top, but—Jane: Thinning? You're not thinning, you're as bald as a baby's backside!

See also: bald, coot

*soft as a baby's bottom and soft as a baby's backside; *soft as down; *soft as silk; *soft as velvet

Cliché very soft and smooth to the touch. (*Also: as ~.) This cloth is as soft as a baby's bottom. The kitten's fur was as soft as down. Your touch is soft as silk. This lotion will make your skin soft as velvet.

See also: bottom, soft

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a kick up the arse/backside  (British & Australian very informal)

if you give someone a kick up the backside, you do or say something to try to stop them being lazy He does nothing but watch TV all day. His mother should give him a kick up the backside. The threat of losing my job was the kick in the pants I needed.

See also: arse, kick, up

be a pain in the arse/backside  (British & Australian very informal) also be a pain in the ass/butt (American & Australian very informal)

to be very annoying I can't stand my brother-in-law. He's a real pain in the arse. Getting up for work at 5 a.m. is a pain in the ass.

See also: arse, pain

get off your backside  (British & Australian very informal!)

to stop being lazy and start doing something It's time the government got off its backside and did something about improving the railways. (British & Australian very informal!)

See work arse off

See also: get

think the sun shines out (of) somebody's arse/backside  (British & Australian very informal)

to love or admire someone so much that you do not think they have any faults You're never going to hear Maggie criticizing Jim - she thinks the sun shines out his backside!

See also: arse, out, shine, sun, think

work your arse/backside off  (British & Australian very informal) also work your ass/butt off (American very informal)

to work very hard My father worked his backside off to pay for our education.

See also: arse, work