ask my arse
- idiom
- /ɑːsk maɪ ɑːs/
- Offensive
:
mandar a la mierda
- If you think I’ll help you with that, you can ask my arse!
Examples
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You want me to lend you money after you borrowed last week? Ask my arse!
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He claims he can fix it in five minutes—ask my arse!
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'Can you lend me £50?' – ask my arse, not a chance!
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If you want honesty from him, ask my arse.
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'Can you help me with my homework?' – ask my arse, that's never happening!
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He said he'll give me advice on the project—ask my arse if I believe that!
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If she thinks I'm going to do her chores, she can ask my arse!
Synonyms
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9.9
To tell someone rudely that you do not care about their opinion or order
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A very rude way to tell someone you strongly refuse their idea or order
A rude phrase telling someone you refuse their request and they should go away
Surface Forms
Morphology
This is an idiomatic, vulgar dismissive formula where 'my arse' functions as an expletive negation or insult rather than a literal possessive phrase; the meaning 'no/I refuse/that’s ridiculous' cannot be predicted from 'ask' + 'my' + 'arse'. Its pragmatic force and register are culture-specific and non-compositional, so a B1 learner who knows the words would not reliably infer the idiomatic sense without prior exposure.
Etymology
Ask my arse is a rude British way to show you do not believe someone or to refuse a request. One popular image is the silly idea of trying to ask someone's arse for help, a rude and impossible picture, so the phrase came to mean 'no way' or that the idea is 'ridiculous'.