curl up and die

curl up and die

Used hyperbolically or humorously to emphasize one's extreme embarrassment. If I don't get asked to the prom, I'll be the laughing stock of the whole school. I might as well just curl up and die! When everyone started laughing at me on stage, I thought I would curl up and die. A: "Whoa, are you OK?" B: "Physically, yes. Emotionally, no. Ugh, I want to curl up and die because all those people saw me fall down the steps."

See also: and, curl, die, up

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curl up and die

Fig. to die. (Often jocular.) When I heard you say that, I could have curled up and died. No, it wasn't an illness. She just curled up and died.

See also: and, curl, die, up

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

curl up and die

verb

See just curl up and die

See also: and, curl, die, up

(just) curl up and die

1. in. to retreat and die. I was so embarrassed, I thought I would curl up and die.

2. in. to retreat; to withdraw. Don’t just curl up and die! Get in there and fight!

See also: and, curl, die, just, up

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