arse over tit

== English == === Pronunciation === === Adverb === arse over tit (not comparable) (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, idiomatic, vulgar) Tumbling; falling; upside-down, unstable or unbalanced. ==== Usage notes ==== Sometimes abbreviated and slightly sanitised as A over T ==== Quotations ==== Then a big Turkish shell knocked me arse over tit / And when I woke up in my hospital bed / And saw what it had done, I wished I was dead. The Pogues’ version of "And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda" by Eric Bogle (1972). In the original, the phrase is arse over head. ==== Synonyms ==== arse over head arse over teakettle arse over tip base over apex head over heels === See also === topsy-turvy === Anagrams === restorative