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one's ass is grass en · X

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  1. (US, slang) One is doomed (used as a threat).
    • "Hey, if anything happens to that, my ass is grass," Y.T. says. She's trying to sound tough and brave, but it's a hollow act in these circumstances. 2011, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, Penguin Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 170:
    • "His ass is grass," Rodney stated convincingly. Rodney Gates was a deadly individual who had no qualms about killing, so his statement caused no one to blink an eye. 2005, Renay Jackson, Peanut's Revenge, page 21:
    • So if you're white and work for the system, watch your step. Whether you be a system cop, a control judge, or a crooked lawyer, your ass is grass. 1994, Mark S. Hamm, American Skinheads: The Criminology and Control of Hate Crime, page 209: