'To buy oneself an a***-kicking'?

[Mehrgan]

Hi,
Would this idiom mean, sarcastically, something like, 'you've put yourself in trouble!'?

How about, 'I think I've bought myself an ar*e-kicking'?!


(The above idiom was said to a man got caught red handed with the guy's wife in some hotel room.)

 

[emsr2d2]

Re: 'To buy oneself an arse-kicking'?

I'm not sure it's even sarcastic. It's just a way of saying that he has done something himself which is likely to end up with his being beaten up.

 

[Mehrgan]

Re: 'To buy oneself an arse-kicking'?

Thanks a lot. I just thought it might mean, 'you've dug your own grave!' or something like that. Best wishes!

 

[Mehrgan]

Re: 'To buy oneself an arse-kicking'?

I'm not sure it's even sarcastic. It's just a way of saying that he has done something himself which is likely to end up with his being beaten up.

I was wondering if you could also kindly answer this question. In your answer, would it be wrong to say, '...to end up with him being beaten up'? (To me, my sentence means, '...with him in a sitution where he'll be beaten up'. Thanks.

 

[5jj]

Re: 'To buy oneself an arse-kicking'?

In your answer, would it be wrong to say, '...to end up with him being beaten up'?

No. Both 'him' and 'his' are possible.