One morning the children found that their pet mouse had turned up his toes, so they had a funeral for him.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
turn up one's toes — {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
turn up one's toes — {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
turn up one's toes — ► turn up one s toes informal die. Main Entry: ↑toe … English terms dictionary
turn up one's toes — phrasal slang : die * * * turn up one s toes (informal) To die • • • Main Entry: ↑toe … Useful english dictionary
turn up one's toes to the daisies — If someone has turned up their toes to the daisies, it means that the person died … The small dictionary of idiomes
turn up one's toes — informal die. → toe … English new terms dictionary
turn up one's toes to the daisies — die, pass away (Slang) … English contemporary dictionary
To turn around one's finger — Turn Turn (t[^u]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Turned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Turning}.] [OE. turnen, tournen, OF. tourner, torner, turner, F. tourner, LL. tornare, fr. L. tornare to turn in a lathe, to rounds off, fr. tornus a lathe, Gr. ? a turner s… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
turn one’s toes up — tv. to die. □ I’m too young to turn my toes up. CD The cat turned up its toes right after church. Ah, the power of prayer … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
turn — [tʉrn] vt. [ME turnen < OE turnian & OFr turner, tourner, both < L tornare, to turn in a lathe, turn < tornus, lathe < Gr tornos, lathe, carpenter s compasses, akin to terein, to bore through: for IE base see THROW] I to cause to… … English World dictionary
