"When the top step gave way he went ass over teakettle back down to the bottom."
°(idiom US) Frantically.
"We've been scrambling ass over teakettle to get this thing done on time."
adjective
"After all that hard work cleaning up, along comes one big storm and we're ass over teakettle again."
synonyms:
tumbling, arse over tip, arse over tit, head over heels
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, tits up, frantically, like crazy, like mad