land with one's bum in the butter

present singular third person lands with one's bum in the butter · participle present landing with one's bum in the butter · participle past landed with one's bum in the butter · past landed with one's bum in the butter

1. AustraliaSouth AfricaUKalsoinformalTo find oneself in fortunate circumstances.

   Once again, we'd landed with our bums in the butter. We spent the next couple of months in New York at shows, listening to music and meeting a dazzling array of artists, musicians, playwrights, actors and others […]

   2012, Roger Lucey, Back in from the Anger, page 151

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   Margaret and Eric, the brother and sister who moved out of our house really landed with their bum in the butter. They were fostered out to a family that had a car which meant they were rich, as only rich people had cars.

   2011, Bill Green, Billy: One Boy's War, page 56