Originally the term for harpooning a whale in a rickety boat usually meant to hold no more than 16 people, and letting the whale swim itself tired before killing the whale
A TV show were a group of mechanics take someones old car and turn in it to a dangerous mobile death trap of various gizmos and gadgets. The 'Pimp My Ride' team see no danger in putting a jacuzzi full of water in a car with 14 inch plasma screens, and also the pimp my ride team cannot see putting pool tables and popcorn makers on top of car boot unpracticle?
I think the idea of Pimp My Ride is to turn your car into as much fun as possible so you will never want to leave!
CAR OWNER: Thanks for the paint job on my car Pimp My Ride, but I really don't see what the point is of having a full fitted kitchen, complete with a state of the art dish washer and a cooker hood on the boot of car?
PIMP MY RIDE TEAM: (silence)
To lose a large some of money or to have severe misfortune or bad situation/delima. To be taken advantage of or to get screwed over by someone or something.
I took and ass ride in the stock market today.
Oh boy, that son of a bitch is gonna go for an ass ride.
If that hurricane hits here, were gonna go for one hell of an ass ride.
The used car salesman took him for an ass ride.