Coyote Ugly

Coyote Ugly is in reference to the belief that a coyote, if caught in a leg-hold trap, will gnaw off its own leg rather than stay in the trap. The phrase "Coyote Ugly" refers to a situation when a guy wakes up in the morning in a strange bedroom after a drunken, one night stand, and discovers that the woman he went home with is asleep, laying over the top of his arm. He then notices that the woman's appearance is not to his liking, so he'd rather gnaw off his arm to escape rather than have to deal with her once she's awake. The phrase has nothing to do with the appearance of an actual coyote.

"Coyote Ugly" is a phrase that means "very ugly" and is applied to non-canine females/males.

Coyote Ugly may also refer to:
 * Coyote Ugly Saloon, opened 1993, a bar in New York City, which spawned multiple franchises all over North America
 * Coyote Ugly (film), a 2000 film based on the bar
 * Coyote Ugly, 1985 play by Lynn Seifert of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company