| 单词 | to die with one's boots off |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto die with one's boots off to die game, to maintain a bold and defiant bearing to the last, i.e. like a gamecock; whence by contrast to die dung-hill; to die in one's bed, i.e. of illness or other natural cause, the opposite of which is to die in one's shoes; to die in one's boots or shoes or with one's boots on: to die a violent death, spec. to be hanged; so to die with one's boots off: to have a peaceful or unspectacular death or end; to die in harness, i.e. in full work; and in other similar phrases. to die in the last ditch: see last ditch n. at last adv., adj., and n.4 Compounds.extracted from diev.1< as lemmas |
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