timber

head for (the) tall timber

To flee and hide, particularly in the bushes or trees. Sonny, the cops will find us if we don't head for the tall timber right now!
See also: head, tall, timber

shiver me timbers

An exclamation of surprise. The phrase originated with sailors (as "shiver one's timbers" meant to destroy one's ship) and is usually used today in cartoonish portrayals of pirates. Well, shiver me timbers—I didn't think you were getting into town until tomorrow! You got cast as a pirate in the play? I bet you have one line—"Shiver me timbers!"
See also: shiver, timber

take to the tall timber(s)

To leave quickly and covertly. Primarily heard in US. I think Adam took to the tall timber—no one has seen or heard from him in weeks The foreign army swept into the country, brought down the dictatorship, then took to the tall timbers just as quickly.
See also: take, tall

timber-toe

1. obsolete A wooden leg. The way Sophie comes banging down the stairs in that walking boot, it sounds like she's got a timber-toe!
2. obsolete By extension, someone who has a wooden leg. Is it true that our great-grandfather was a timber-toe when he came back from the war?
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

head for (the) tall timber

Rur. to run away and hide. When we heard Pa's angry bellow, we headed for the tall timber. The bank robbers headed for tall timber with their loot.
See also: head, tall, timber

tall timber(s)

some remote place in the country or the woods. Oh, Chuck lives out in the tall timbers somewhere. He only has a post office box number. You're not going to move me out into the tall timber somewhere!
See also: tall, timber
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

tall timbers

n. some remote well-forested place; the boondocks. Oh, Chuck lives out in the tall timbers somewhere. He only has a post office box number.
See also: tall, timber
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • head for (the) tall timber
  • head for tall timber
  • head for the setting sun
  • hold a pistol to (one's) head
  • head in
  • a head
  • fat
  • head into
  • head into (something)
  • knock something on the head
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Timber Smugglers
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