(w)ringer

Michael Everson everson at EVERTYPE.COM
Sun Jul 15 08:23:59 UTC 2012


A friend made an error, and said "I got my ass in a ringer". I don't know this expression. Google gives 62,700 hits for "ass in a ringer", and 11,600 hits for "ass in a wringer".

What is it?

Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com/

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