think the sun shines out of someone's arse
English
editAlternative forms
edit- think the sun shines out of someone's ass (US)
- think the sun shines out of someone's backside
- think the sun shines out of someone's butt
Verb
editthink the sun shines out of someone's arse (third-person singular simple present thinks the sun shines out of someone's arse, present participle thinking the sun shines out of someone's arse, simple past and past participle thought the sun shone out of someone's arse or thought the sun shined out of someone's arse)
- (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, vulgar, figuratively) To think so well of someone that one cannot imagine anything wrong with them.
Usage notes
edit- Also used reflexively: "to think the sun shines out of one's arse", synonymous with think one's shit doesn't stink.
References
edit- “think the sun shines out of someone s arse” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
- “think the sun shines out of someone s ass” (US) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
- “think the sun shines out of sb s arse backside”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.