put on a/the wooden overcoat
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
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- pine overcoat
- travel on (one's) own
- wooden top
- wooden overcoat
- an armchair critic, traveller, etc.
- an armchair traveler
- arrive at
- ride bodkin
- sit bodkin
- the high life