English Explanatory Dictionary

the law is an arse

English dictionary entry

Meanings

proverb
  1. Misconstruction of the law is an ass.

Word forms

the law is an arse

Etymology

From reanalysis of ass as the American form of arse, when in fact it originally referred to the animal.

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