English Dictionary

die on one's arse

動詞

イギリス英語 慣用表現 俗語 卑語 前置詞句

(Britain, idiomatic, vulgar slang) To fail completely. / (Britain, idiomatic, vulgar slang, of a comedian) To be very poorly received by an audience.

日本語の意味

完全に失敗する、うまくいかない状態になる。 / （主にコメディアンに対して）観客に酷評され、受け入れられない状態になる。

If the new app launch were to die on one's arse, we'd have to return to the drawing board.

もし新しいアプリのローンチが完全に失敗したら、私たちは最初からやり直さなければならないでしょう。

意味（1）

(Britain, idiomatic, vulgar slang) To fail completely.

He explains: Labour still has its historic competitive advantage – people. Tory party membership is dying on its arse and no one is joining the Liberal Democrats.

意味（2）

(Britain, idiomatic, vulgar slang, of a comedian) To be very poorly received by an audience.

… this was very far from being my best bits. It was me, in various venues, dying on my arse, over and over again.

dies on one's arse （ present singular third-person ）

dying on one's arse （ participle present ）

died on one's arse （ participle past ）

died on one's arse （ past ）