Being cheated or deceived by others.
Dream dictionary: Asses dream meanings
To dream you ride an ass that bears your blows and the more you beat, the slower his pace, denotes you will be married to a virtuous industrious wife, but your passion will ruin her. If the ass mends his pace under your blows, and throws you, she will prove incontinent.
…The ass in dreams denotes a good servant or slave, that is profitable to his master; it also indicates a foolish and ignorant person. To dream you see an ass, is a sign of malice. To see an ass sitting on his crupper, denotes laboriousness. To dream you hear an ass bray, shows you shall meet with some loss. To dream of asses bearing charge, strong and obedient, is good for friendship and company, and signifies the wife’s companion or friend, being not proud above their estate, or fierce, but gentle and very obedient; they are also good in affairs and enterprises. To see an ass run, denotes misfortune, especially to a man that is sick….
…Dream of having the ear being wounded or cut, danger on the part of someone abusing your secrets which you confided to him. To have the ears closed up, unsureness, headstrongness, domestic disputes, if the dreamer is in a high social position. For all ordinary individuals, this dream signifies change in sentiment, doubts, and frauds in regards of those who are placing something on his ears. To clean the ears or to have more than two, means that friends are faithful. To have ears filled with grain or wheat, heritage from a distant relative. To have ears handsomer or larger than usual, success and brilliant fortune from very close friend. To have ears of asses, servitude for the person who is wearing them. To have the ears of a lion or other ferocious beast, means victory on the part of enemies or those who envious you and whom you…