sling

put someone's (or have your) ass in a sling land someone (or be) in trouble. North American vulgar slang

sling beer work as a bartender. North American informal

sling hash (or plates) serve food in a cafe or diner. North American informal

sling your hook: seehook.

sling mud: see fling mud atmud.

slings and arrows adverse factors or circumstances.

☞ This expression is taken from the 'to be or not to be' speech in Hamlet: 'Whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them'.

2001Ian J. DearyIntelligence The genetic lottery and the environmental slings and arrows influence the level of some of our mental capabilities.