He considers the theatrical version of Fanny and Alexander an amputated version of what his original film was, and he doesn't really like the shorter film.
Ambrose, a real solid guy, will retire unless someone picks him up. He's a fine guy and he worked his fanny off to make our football team.
But I have always liked bird dogs rather than kennel-fed dogs myself -- you know, one that will get out and hunt for food rather than sit on his fanny and yell.
I must confess that in my teens and twenties, I loved 'Mansfield Park' rather in spite of Fanny than because of her. Like Fanny's rich, sophisticated cousins, I didn't really get her.
She doesn't do the things heroines are supposed to. Which is rather Jane Austen's point - Fanny is her subversive heroine. She is gentle and self-doubting and utterly feminine; and given the right circumstances, she would defy an army.
The best sex education for kids is when Daddy pats Mommy on the fanny when he comes home from work.
We ran into a team that was ready to play. You get your fanny kicked like that sometimes.