someone's arse offとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• someone's ass off (米国用法 spelling)

副詞

someone's arse off (英国用法 spelling, vulgar) (adverbial phrase)

1. (reflexive) With great effort, vigour or gusto, or to the point of excess.

   I've been working my arse off all day for a measly few quid.

   What a gig! The band played their arses off.

   We partied our arses off all night long.

   I didn't notice – I was too busy laughing my arse off!

2. (reflexive) Used as a general negative intensifier: to an extreme degree.

   I remember how we were all sweating our arses off during that heatwave.

   I could be sitting on a beach somewhere rather than freezing my arse off in this dump.

3. (non-reflexive) So as to rigorously exercise or exhaust someone.

   The boss has been working our arses off all week.

   He may be 50 years old, but he could still run your arse off.

使用する際の注意点

Frequently used with the verb work, but many other verbs are also possible. Reflexive use is more common than non-reflexive. See ass § 使用する際の注意点 regarding the metonymy (かつ the potential reflexivity). To work one's arse off is thus to wear oneself down and figuratively to wear one's ass away as if by attrition.

同意語

• someone's butt off, someone's buns off, someone's tits off, someone's nuts off, someone's balls off, someone's bollocks off, someone's dick off (all 卑語)
• someone's tail off (inoffensive または euphemistic)

参考

• one's socks off