10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ARSE-LICKING»
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arse-licking in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
arse-licking and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
An Asperger Dictionary of Everyday Expressions: Second Edition
Arse from their elbow See don't lenow their arse from their elbow Arse licking
Means the same as ass licking Arse over tit To fall over. The phrase literally
means 'bottom over chest', but the phrase is used for anyone falling over rather
than ...
Ian Stuart-Hamilton,
2006
2
Falstaff: Being the Acta Domini Johannis Fastolfe, Or Life ...
arse-licking. May Day Deo gratias. Ha! ha! Hey diddle diddle! And thank God
that's over, as the Abbess said to the eel. I think I'd have died of yawns if I'd had to
copy that stuff out. Two grounds for rejoicing then: 1. I didn't have to; 2. Scrope did
.
3
The Russia House: A Novel
'Professor Arkady Rogov is an arse-licking toady,' he tells us in notebook two. A
fair judgment. That's what Arkady Rogov is. A verifiable, fully paid- up, spineless,
arse-licking toady, meeting his norms and earning his medals and his privileges.
4
Grovelling and Other Vices: The Sociology of Sycophancy
"Grovelling receives its first sociological treatment in this widely acclaimed work by the eminent German sociologist, Alphons Silbermann.
5
A Companion to Satire: Ancient and Modern
In fact, everything Orwell opposes stinks: the ''smelly little orthodoxies'' of his
opponents, their bum-sucking, arse-licking, arse-kissing, as he keeps putting it.
Now ''for a header into the sewage,'' he will say, venturing onto some repellent ...
6
The Letters of D. H. Lawrence: October 1916-June 1921
And I knew that Desmond Macarthy was quite pleased with himself for having
arse-licked Ottoline and the Prince both at once, both of them being pretty sound
benefactors of Desmond, who rather enjoys his arse-licking turns. All these things
...
James T. Boulton, D. H. Lawrence, Andrew Robertson,
2007
7
Countering the Culture: The Novels of Christiane Rochefort
Seminolle, assistant to Ruines, takes part in the 'leche-parties du Second Cercle'
(46), a phrase suggestive of both the English 'party' and, on a metaphorical level (
'lecher' meaning 'to lick'), the licking of parts — or 'arse- licking'. 'Mots-valises' ...
Margaret-Anne Hutton,
1998
It was, however, the blatant arse licking which had really stuck in Tony's throat.
During meetings Cox would stand in close proximity to the most senior person,
laughing at their jokes and wisecracks whilst agreeing enthusiastically with their
...
'Do you think I'm going to hand out money to some arse-licking priests? No, not a
penny. I have learned from many people far cleverer than you that all women
should be in common, and that this sin is of no consequence.'9 ——— The
deaths ...
Subordination to the interests of the major protagonist is inevitable; that leads to
the very distasteful practice of 'arse -licking' abhorred by Australians generally. It
is interesting to compare Australia's aggressive record with Commonwealth ...
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ARSE-LICKING»
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arse-licking is used in the context of the following news items.
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... description of the modern-day match programme: “Loads of glossy colour photos, acres of adverts and arse-licking about the awful sponsors. «The Guardian, Feb 15»
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... are whoppers: not much more to read than in the old days but loads of glossy colour photos, acres of adverts and arse-licking about the awful ... «New Statesman, Jan 15»