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."

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

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Nettles worries about things that are "bigger than you, bigger than me'' on the quirky charmer, "Moneyball.'' Declaring that she's here for the long haul, Nettles ponders the strain of being in a long-distance relationship in the day and age of texting, tweeting and Facebook while stressing out about losing the receipt on a costly purchase, being trampled on by the world's growing population and the inevitability of becoming worm-food someday.

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Unlike the tabloid papers that carry ranting editorials every time somebody dies after scoffing an ecstasy tablet, I feel we'd do better uncovering the shock news that thousands of people every day end up as worm-food after taking legal - and taxable - drugs.

Nothing to fear but fear itself among the Guineas hordes

词组	worm-food
释义	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 References in periodicals archive Nettles worries about things that are "bigger than you, bigger than me'' on the quirky charmer, "Moneyball.'' Declaring that she's here for the long haul, Nettles ponders the strain of being in a long-distance relationship in the day and age of texting, tweeting and Facebook while stressing out about losing the receipt on a costly purchase, being trampled on by the world's growing population and the inevitability of becoming worm-food someday. Sugarland's Jennifer Nettles breaks out on her own Unlike the tabloid papers that carry ranting editorials every time somebody dies after scoffing an ecstasy tablet, I feel we'd do better uncovering the shock news that thousands of people every day end up as worm-food after taking legal - and taxable - drugs. Nothing to fear but fear itself among the Guineas hordes
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