“Kissing the ass”the colorful expression used by Donald Trump To deride the countries that would be hurrying to ask him for a negotiation on the duties, in Anglo -Saxon Slang It is aexpression used to vulgarly express opposition and contempt for someone.
A little history
The expression is attributed to German knight of the 16th century Gotz von Berlichingenwho participated in the orders of the Margravio of Brandenburg in various campaigns in the war of succession of Bavaria, or at least that’s what makes him say Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Three centuries later in the homonymous tragedy.
The phrase attributed to him, addressed to the emperor of the Sacro Romano Germanic Empire, is actually even more scurrilious: “Lack mich im arsch”, can lick my ass. In fact, it sounds like this: “I have as always a humble respect for his imperial majesty, but I tell him that he can lick my ass.” A meaning that should not be taken literally, because in reality it is more the equivalent of a vaffà, which in fact it has become in popular language.
A phrase made famous also by Mozart
In addition to the German knight, famous for the iron glove with which he handled the sword after losing his right hand, that sentence was also made famous by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: in 1789 the Austrian composer, not immune to the foul language, named “Leck mich im arsch”with “im” replaced today by “AM”, two motets.