seen his arse, seeing his arse...

[RonaldMcDonald]

wtf does this mean and how is it suddenly common parlance upon this site?

Seen his arse is a common saying around these parts (merseyside)- to not like or disagree with something and get a cob on.

Another variation is "he's seen his arse and doesnt like the colour of it" Used a lot by my grandad although not quite sure what the colour of it has to do with the price of fish!

Oh, I also like "If he seen his arse, he'd wanna slice", when someone is jealous of something a friend has so gets one himself.

so it's common in mersey/manc geography
I'd honestly never seen or heard of it before tonight and then saw it twice in 5 mins
I wondered if I'd missed something during my afternoon nap

Never occurred to me that this was a local thing. I'm in Cheshire and it's commonplace.

It means going all sulky/stroppy, like 'throwing your toys out of the pram' or 'spitting your dummy'.

My sisters and I used to mime plucking an eyeball out and holding it towards the arse to signal that someone had seen their arse.

Lovecat/Norbert in Scotland (well my bit at least) we would say:

Doesn't know his arse from his elbow.

However have never heard the whole 'seen their arse' thingy that was the whole point of his thread.

[I'll get my coat....}

near liverpool here. its commonly used by my students to mean either get in a mood or be made a fool of - obvioiusly context is important!

I'm on the Wirral, so same area as Liverpool/Manc folk and nobody knew what I was talking about when I used this phrase in London. I've never heard it used to mean someone's made a fool of you though, thought it was just getting a cob on.

Love the 'he's taken his ball in' phrase, will defo be using that one!

Come to think of it, there are quite a few arse-based expressions in Liverpool?!
Another strange one being when someone is called an 'arl-arse', meaning they are mean or sly. My students shorten this to 'arly' aswell...
I've no idea of the actual spellings!

it's been used for as long as i can remember in manchester and it really is a great phrase. ones arse is seen when they lose their patience with someone or something and get stroppy / angry

he / she saw his / her arse
i've seen my arse
have you seen your arse?
i'll see my arse in a minute
stop seeing your arse - good one to use spec if you wanto wind the intended up further..

you can also use bum instead of arse, which is funnier i think because it's more childish and like asking someone have they seen their arse, it tends to wind the victim up further

I've not heard "seeing his arse" before

"he's got a face like a smacked arse" is a favourite though

I've not heard of the phrases the OP mentions, maybe it's because I'm a Londoner (and I larve Landan Taaaaan).

We like to use 'arse over tit' for falling over and 'couldn't tell his arse from his elbow' for someone without a scooby (doo - clue)

What a brilliant phrase, never heard it before (am also a Londoner).

My own favourite arse-based expression is 'that sounds like my arse', when someone is blatantly telling porkies.

Common saying in the north west, sort of means in a mood or resentful.

But it doesn't even make sense? I need a phrase to make sense.

goodness, there are a few on here I've never heard of and I thought I was pretty well versed in this sort of thing![serves me right for thinking I know more than I do emoticon]. Certainly never heard or seen the ones in the op.

Feeling "enlightened" now.

love the miming sisters- very funny

"Look at her, she has a face on her, looks like a well skelped airse"

Was fairly usual at home.

Down here in Manchester is where I first heard, "seen his arse" I use it a fair bit,