candidate for a pair of wings
- candidate for a pair of wings
*a candidate for a pair of wings
Euph. someone who is likely to die; someone who is close to death. (Jocular. *Typically:
be \candidate for a pair of wings
; look like \candidate for a pair of wings.) •
Whenever Jane wants to cross the street, she just walks out into traffic without looking. She's a candidate for a pair of wings, I say.
•
Tom: How's Bill doing? I heard he was sick. Jane: Not good, I'm afraid. He looks like a candidate for a pair of wings.
Dictionary of American idioms.
2013.
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