go off the hooks

obsolete To perish or die. If the Duke should go off the hooks before his will is revised, the estate would pass to his eldest son instead of me. And who, pray tell, will provide for you once I've gone off the hooks?

off the hooks

dead. British informal

词组	go off the hooks
释义	go off the hooks go off the hooks obsolete To perish or die. If the Duke should go off the hooks before his will is revised, the estate would pass to his eldest son instead of me. And who, pray tell, will provide for you once I've gone off the hooks? See also: go, hook, off Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. off the hooks dead. British informal See also: hook, off Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: off the hooks drop off the hooks perish perish from perish from (something) pass in your ally die off perish in perish in (something) die by (something)
随便看	not take stock in (something) not take your eyes off somebody/something not tell a soul not that not that there's anything wrong with that (not) the be-all and end-all not the be-all and end-all not the end of the world not the full quid not the full shilling not the half of not the half of it/(something) not the only fish in the sea not the only pebble on the beach not the sharpest knife in the drawer not the sharpest pencil in the cup not the sharpest tool in the box not the sharpest tool in the shed not the word for it not think much of not think much of (someone or something) not think of (doing something) not think of (something) not think of something/of doing something not think twice about (something)