up someone's ass

English

Prepositional phrase

up someone's ass

  2. (vulgar, US) Prying into or interfering with someone's business (activities, life) so much as to be irritating or annoying to them.
    Coordinate term: on someone's ass
    Teenager A: Where you at?  Teenager B: I can't be videogaming this week. My mom is up my ass about my time management.
    • 2014 August 28, Christine Regan Lake, Sophia’s Lovers, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 67:
      "I've always had an issue with authority so working for someone who was up my ass and micromanaging me wasn't exactly an ideal scenario for me. Let's just say, it provided a very fertile place for my anger to thrive."
  4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: inside someone's anorectal area.
    The airport security team discovered that he was attempting to smuggle: he had a balloon full of drugs up his ass.

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