have a broom up one's ass

Slang definitions & phrases for have a broom up one's ass

have a broom up one's ass

verb phrase

(Variations: get may replace have; stick may replace broom; in one's tail may replace up one's ass; butt may replace ass) To work diligently and eagerly; be an overachiever

[1930s+; fr the willing or harried worker in a joke, whose hands are full, but who would sweep the floor if one placed a broom in the worker's nether cavity]