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
Bahadir	-	Turkish
ĐUraĐ	JOOR-ahj	Serbian, Croatian (Archaic)
Jared	JER-əd (English), JAR-əd (English)	English, Biblical
Waqar	-	Arabic
Antinanco	an-tee-NAWN-ko	Native American, Mapuche
Jelle	YEL-lə (Dutch)	Frisian, Dutch