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have one's ass in a sling and have got one's ass in a sling

Sl. to be dejected or hurt; to be pouting. (Potentially offensive. Use only with discretion.) She's got her ass in a sling because she got stood up. So you didn't get a perfect score. Why do you have your ass in a sling?

See also: ass, have

sling something at someone or something

to heave or toss something at someone or something. The child slung a handful of mud at his playmate. Who slung this muddy mess at the side of the house?

sling something out 

1. to toss or heave something outward. The fishermen slung their nets out into the water. They slung out their nets.

2. to throw something away. Just sling all that old junk out, if you will. sling out that stuff into the trash!

See also: out

sling the cat

Sl. to empty one's stomach; to vomit. Suddenly Ralph left the room to sling the cat, I guess. That stuff will make you sling the cat.

See also: cat

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Sling your hook!  (British informal, old-fashioned)

an impolite way of telling someone to go away When he couldn't pay the rent, she told him to sling his hook.

See sling mud at

sling/throw mud at somebody

if someone slings mud at another person, they try to make other people have a low opinion of them by saying unpleasant things about them Companies should think carefully before slinging mud at someone who may respond with a libel action costing millions of dollars.

See also: mud

the slings and arrows (of outrageous fortune)  (literary)

unpleasant things that happen to you that you cannot prevent

Usage notes: This phrase comes from Shakespeare's play, Hamlet. Slings and arrows are weapons used to attack people, and fortune means things that happen to you.

We all have to suffer the slings and arrows, so there's no point getting depressed when things go wrong.

See also: and, arrow

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slings and arrows

unpleasant, negative attacks He was surprised by the slings and arrows directed at him by several economists.

Etymology: from the phrase “the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune” in Shakespeare's play “Hamlet”

See also: and, arrow