be on the bum

To not be working correctly or properly; to be out of order; broken. My car has been on the bum ever since I let my brother borrow it for the weekend. I think our washing machine is on the bum—these clothes are all sopping wet and don't smell clean!

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Bevin	-	Irish
Gurmeet	-	Indian (Sikh)
Zoroaster	ZAWR-ə-as-tər (English)	History
StanisŁAwa	stah-nee-SWAH-vah	Polish
Beatriz	be-ah-TREETH (Spanish), be-ah-TREES (Latin American Spanish), be-a-TREES (Portuguese), be-a-TREESH (Portuguese)	Spanish, Portuguese
YrjÖ	UYR-yuu	Finnish