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
SalomÃO	-	Portuguese
Peter	PEE-tər (English), PE-ter (German, Slovak), PAY-tər (Dutch)	English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Slovene, Slovak, Biblical
Bernal	['bə:nəl]
Imeda	-	Georgian
Caileigh	KAY-lee	English (Rare)
Eilert	AY-lert (Swedish)	Frisian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish