turn up one's toes

turn up one's toes
turn up one's toes
Sl. to die. •

When I turn up my toes, I want a big funeral with lots of flowers.

Our cat turned up his toes during the night. He was nearly ten years old.

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{v. phr.}, {slang} To die. * /One morning the children found that their pet mouse had turned up his toes, so they had a funeral for him./ Compare: PUSH UP THE DAISIES.

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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