单词 | on one's ass |
释义 | > as lemmason one's ass P5. on one's ass: in acute (financial) hardship; with nothing; ruined; broke. Cf. out on one's ass at Phrases 14. ΚΠ ?1917 in T. O'Canainn Songs of Cork (1978) 61 They puts us in the family way And leaves us on our ass. 1935 E. Hemingway Let. 4 June in Sel. Lett. (1981) 413 He is on his ass in Havana having won a gigantic competition which the last revolution buggared [sic] up..so never paid. 1961 J. A. Williams Night Song i. 18 Look, man. You're on your ass. What, you too proud to work for me? 2013 K. Martin Against Odds xvi. 168 Now half his properties are in foreclosure and the construction business is on its ass. < as lemmas |
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