put someone to bed with a shovel

put (one) to bed with a shovel

euphemism To kill one. The expression alludes to the burial of the person killed. Don't worry, boss, put that stool pigeon to bed with a shovel before he ever gets the chance to testify.

put someone to bed with a shovel

tv. to bury someone; to kill and bury someone. (see also put to bed with a shovel.) The leader of the gang was getting sort of tired and old, so one of the younger thugs put him to bed with a shovel.

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释义	put someone to bed with a shovel put (one) to bed with a shovel euphemism To kill one. The expression alludes to the burial of the person killed. Don't worry, boss, put that stool pigeon to bed with a shovel before he ever gets the chance to testify. See also: bed, put, shovel Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. put someone to bed with a shovel tv. to bury someone; to kill and bury someone. (see also put to bed with a shovel.) The leader of the gang was getting sort of tired and old, so one of the younger thugs put him to bed with a shovel. See also: bed, put, shovel, someone McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions See also: tell (one) what (one) can do with (something) tell someone what to do with something tell what to do with chips are down, the tree hugger birthday birthday suit drum (something) into one's head, to a Daniel come to judgement Daniel
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