Head up your arse
Posted by J on July 02, 2005
In Reply to: Head up your arse posted by Bob on July 02, 2005
: : What does it precisely mean to "have your head up your arse"?
: : Thanks.
: It's not a term of precision. It's an exaggerated visual metaphor for being oblivious, having no vision, being unaware. Many phrases relating to ignorance or confusion have to do forms of blindness.
I understand it to mean being self-obsessed to an extreme, being oblivious to other viewpoints