put one's ass in a sling
have one's ass in a sling

Ah, now, Roarke, you're putting my ass in a sling there.

I tell you, man, I'm not going to put my ass in a sling by having any Bliss rally with those two nuts around.

I'm not letting some hotshot Lone Ranger type put my ass in a sling for me.

If this thing blows up in our face... if this puts my ass in a sling?

And I told you before, any half-decent lawyer would put your ass in a sling over illegal detention, duress, harassment . . . hell, nobody even read me my rights.

I don't know who you people are, or what kind of a stunt this is, but I warn you I'm going to find out, and then I'm going to put your ass in a sling.

From the comment made by a police officer in the Donald Marshall case that " you don't put your ass in a sling over an Indian" to the precept held by a lot of White males that "squaws" have no value.