gu

idiom
informal
slang

Meaning of 擦屁股

擦屁股 means to clean up someone else's mess; to deal with the troublesome aftermath. Pronounced cā pì gu.

  • to clean up someone else's mess; to deal with the troublesome aftermath

Definitions & Examples

zǒng
shì
mǎng
xíng
shì
 
rán
hòu
ràng
tóng
shì
gěi
gu
 

He always acts recklessly and then makes his colleagues clean up his mess.

Xiàng
gǎo
le
 
xiàn
zài
yào
yǒu
rén
lái
gu
 

The project is messed up, and now someone needs to deal with the fallout.

bié
jìng
zài
qián
biān
tǒng
lóu
zi
 
yào
men
zài
hòu
biān
gu
 

Don't just cause trouble out front and expect us to clean up after you.

Lǎo
bǎn
de
cuò
jué
 
zuì
hòu
zǒng
shì
yuán
gōng
lái
gu
 

When the boss makes a bad decision, it's always the employees who end up dealing with the consequences.

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