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butt on (one's) shoulders 

1) the difficult and awkward bodily position wherein one's gluteus maximi are situated above one's trapezoids

2) a less vulgar and more socially acceptable synonym for "head up (one's) ass"
"I'm not inclined to continue this conversation until I hear that distinctive popping sound that will indicate to me that you've successfully removed your butt from your shoulders!"….

"Yeah, they've all got their butts on their shoulders down there at Bridgeport!"…

put a smile on one's face 

to make someone feel happy.
Look at Freddy, he looks so sad, let's go and put a smile on his face. ( put a smile on one's face.)

Walking On One's Lips

To be shit-faced drunk to the point of faceplanting the floor, and possibly having to use their lips to move across the room since they're too wasted to get up.
"You should've seen David the other night. He had so many drinks, the poor bastard was walking on his lips."

"Too much alcohol results in Walking On One's Lips"

to put a cat on one's head

Japanese term, meaning to put on an appearance of sweetness and innocence, to hide a person's true personality.
She always wore a cat-shaped hat to the school.
I told her that it could be taken from the phrase, "to put a cat on one's head".
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have a monkey on one's back 

to have an addiction to drugs or alcohol
Man, he really has a monkey on his back. He needs help.

having one's ear on one's face 

a nice synonym used for conservative boxheads, derived from the fact that conservative people think a rainbow on one's ear would ruin one's face
- omg have you heard that Bob opposes same sex marriage?
- are you serious? i thought having one's ear on one's face was already out of fashion..
- nah, he and Cynthia still totally have their ears on their faces