land with one's bum in the butter

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To find oneself in fortunate circumstances. Australia,South-Africa,UK,also,informal
    — Margaret and Eric, the brother and sister who moved out of our house really landed with their bum in the butter. They were fostered out to a family that had a car which meant they were rich, as only rich people had cars.

词形变化

lands with one's bum in the butter present,singular,third-person landing with one's bum in the butter participle,present landed with one's bum in the butter participle,past landed with one's bum in the butter past

词源

Likely a calque of Dutch met zijn gat in de boter vallen.
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