go home in a box
go home in a box
slang To die and thus return home in a coffin (a "box"). When I served in Vietnam, I definitely thought I'd be going home in a box, but luck was on my side, I guess. Are you sure you're not too tired to drive? I really don't want to go home in a box!
See also: box, go, home
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
go home in a box
Sl. to be shipped home dead. (Often said in exaggeration.) Hey, I'm too young to go home in a box. You had better be careful on this camping trip, or you'll go home in a box.
See also: box, go, home
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
go home in a box
in. to be shipped home dead. You had better be careful on this camping trip, or you’ll go home in a box.
See also: box, go, home
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- come home from (some place or something)
- come home from some place
- come home
- get home to
- get home to (someone or something)
- wait up for (one)
- be at home
- at home
- wait up
- take home