Now Pat is a charmer. His premier investigative skill is talking to people. The man could talk a cat out of a box of mice. He also uses the saltiest damn language of any human I know.
"I was on the balls of my ass too! " he said, explaining how he had been flat broke when a tabloid newspaper offered him a million bucks to spill secret details of OJ's murder case.
I'd never heard that expression, but it must mean really down and out.
Found this song on youtube....
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jcboy
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Tue 29 Jan, 2013 07:50 pm
I hadn’t heard it put quite that way either, now I’ve heard of balls slapping someone’s ass but that’s a whole other issue . I’m guessing it most likely means they were “up a creek without a paddle.”
Possibly, though I don't say this with the greatest assurance, being flat broke could also mean being hungry. Being hungry could mean being not well fed which could cause the bony protrusions of one's posterior to stick out somewhat.
Possibly, though I don't say this with the greatest assurance, being flat broke could also mean being hungry. Being hungry could mean being not well fed which could cause the bony protrusions of one's posterior to stick out somewhat.
I don't mean that this is a literal meaning for this situation.
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chai2
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Wed 30 Jan, 2013 06:51 am
@jcboy,
jcboy wrote:
I hadn’t heard it put quite that way either, now I’ve heard of balls slapping someone’s ass but that’s a whole other issue .
You've heard of, or you've heard it?
I too, have heard of it.....or something.
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spendius
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Wed 30 Jan, 2013 07:22 am
The expression here is "he's on the bones of his arse". It represents advice to not extend credit to someone.
I have never heard it applied to ladies probably because most of them are well padded in the department under scrutiny. Nor have I heard it used to apply to the person saying it about himself.
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DrewDad
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Wed 30 Jan, 2013 09:39 am
@Justin Xu,
Another site states that it is from a Spanish saying, "desnudo y en pelotas."
. I’m guessing it most likely means they were “up a creek without a paddle.”
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