ass over teakettle

ass over teakettle
1. adverb
a) Tumbling upside down.

When the top step gave way he went ass over teakettle back down to the bottom.

b) Frantically.

Weve been scrambling ass over teakettle to get this thing done on time.

Syn: tumbling, arse over tip, arse over tit, head over heels, tits up, frantically, like crazy, like mad
In complete disarray.

After all that hard work cleaning up, along comes one big storm and were ass over teakettle again.


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