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one's ass is grass en · X
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(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: