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I don't want to say ass as I don't think its polite in some contexts. What is a equivalent expression that is polite yet just as encouraging? In accordance with the comment suggestions, I will clarify that this question is asking about "kicking ass" in the form of doing really well, not necessarily beating someone else in a competitive sense - to trounce, cream, take them to the cleaners, etc.
It appears ass kicking itself dates back to the early '40s and the phrase having as much chance as a one-legged man in a mule/butt/ass-kicking contest. The similar expression kick in the pants dates to the late 1800s. Edit 4/15/11: I just antedated the 1965 reference by 11 years. This is from John Oliver Killens' 1954 novel Youngblood:
3 de jul. de 2015 · kick ass: 1 to be especially energetic and exciting; to succeed by your vigorous efforts. "Kick arse" and "kick butt" are common variations. US, 1979. 2 to use force, to beat up US, 1962. As you can see, beat is closer to the first sense but beat up is closer to the second sense.
24 de mar. de 2011 · kick ass {or (euphem[istically]} butt or tail} 1. Esp. Mil[itary] to enforce one's authority or otherwise enforce oneself mercilessly or pugnaciously; (also) (prob. the orig. sense) to subdue others by beatings; (hence) to play the bully; in phr. kick ass and take names to do so with great determination or success.—also used fig.—usu. considered vulgar.
I don't think the two phrases (kick ass, take names; shoot first, question later) are related, but it seems the two have often been confused and combined. A search will turn up several different mashups of the two phrases. See my answer to What is the etymology of “…kick ass and take names”? for earliest uses of that phrase.
21 de ago. de 2011 · Some friends suggested kick your bacon (but I am not sure if this means the same thing). I thought about using butt but this is another word I would like not to use. Can I be classy and have the same impact at the same time? Or at least not be that vulgar? The context I am using the expression is . I am gonna kick your ass out of the bed.
29 de ago. de 2015 · The phrase "kick ass" is a longstanding idiom that generally means someone is doing something really well, excelling, or, in your case, being awesome. If you're looking for more information about it, thefreedictionary describes the phrase "kick ass/kicking ass" as: Idioms: kick ass/butt Vulgar Slang
"Yes, he needs a good kick in the pants." It stands to reason, then, that "boot" can be substituted for "kick," since that's the net result, when the one doing the kicking happens to be wearing boots. He himself felt sorry for the people who were in horrible pain, but some need the good boot in the ass.
10 de out. de 2013 · The earliest such example I have (thanks to my brother Glen) is "F--- tha Police" by N.W.A., from 1988: "I'ma kick your ass." There's also House of Pain's "I'm a Swing It" from 1994, with the line "Ya dis me and I'm a dis ya back / I'm a swing it." Imma continued to be used in more and more songs, though not in hit singles.
We've always used arse rather than the American ass, but this expression is a recent British import. I'd actually be mildly surprised to hear it from a New Zealand-born person, and would suspect that they were consciously copying a phrase from a British comedy.
