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Having a mare 

Having a nightmare. Being in a bad/awkward situation.
"I got fired in work then crashed into the back of someone when I was driving home. I've just been having a mare"
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shank's mare 

Literally, your leg's horse. To go about on your feet. An old expression no one ever uses.
"You look beat! How did you get here?"
"I came all this way on shank's mare!"
"No wonder you're tired!"

daft mare 

1) A female of lesser intelligence

2) Dumb broad
"Which daft mare put metal in the microwave?"
daft mare by kk17 March 30, 2013

flying mare 

A wrestling maneuver where one's opponent is lifted vertically over ones head with his/her feet facing upwards, and then tossed down on the canvas upon his/her back. Looks painful, but the thickness of the canvas and the spring suspension of WWF rings absorbs much of the impact; it "stings" more than it bruises.
And the Baron executes a perfect flying mare, taking Gorgeous George down a notch or two!
flying mare by Rod Brock July 27, 2006

Coma-mare 

A long-lasting, intense, and frightening nightmare that occurs while in a medically-induced coma. Most people who experience them later battle varying degrees of PTSD.
I have PTSD from the coma-mares I suffered while in septic shock.
Coma-mare by Dan C. Gilliam October 26, 2017

havin a mare 

Phrase. Short for "Having a nightmare".

Often used when things have gone completely tits up and you have no control over what the fuck is going on.

Small "mares" are usually caused by physics practicals, but larger ones are usually due to women.
The Ultimate Mare: Going out with a fit girl for two years, splitting up while living with her, sleeping with her friend, sleeping with ex again a few weeks later, pulling another of your ex's friends a few weeks after, then telling your ex the gory details including the fact that you did not play it safe with either and that she may now have got de baad AIDS.
havin a mare by MofoLoadOShit February 4, 2005