worm food

worm food

slang A dead body; a corpse. Alludes to a body after it is buried in the ground. You're going to be worm food if you don't stop meddling in the mob's affairs. A: "Is Tom North still kicking around?" B: "He's been worm food for years. His daughter's running things around here now."
See also: food, worm
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

worm-food

n. a corpse. You wanna end up worm-food? Just keep smarting off.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • worm-food
  • lie in state
  • arrive (some place) in a body
  • lavender
  • lay (one) out in lavender
  • lay out in lavender
  • lay someone out in lavender
  • reach (some place) in a body
  • body check
  • pick (something) clean