put on a/the wooden overcoat

dated slang To die. ("Wooden overcoat" refers to a coffin.) After he retired, he said he wanted to spend his time and money traveling the world before he put on the wooden overcoat. She'll be putting on a wooden overcoat soon if she doesn't start changing her diet and lifestyle.

See also: on, overcoat, put, wooden

See also:

pine overcoat
travel on (one's) own
wooden top
wooden overcoat
an armchair critic, traveller, etc.
an armchair traveler
ride bodkin
sit bodkin
the high life
flush with cash

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