tree-suit

tree suit

dated slang A coffin. You're going to end up in a tree suit before you're 50 if you don't start improving your diet. Don't worry, boss. We'll put that stool pigeon in a tree suit before he ever makes it to court.

tree-suit

n. a wooden coffin. You’d better shut up if you don’t want to end up wearing a tree-suit.

McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

See also:

don't bet on it
don't give up the ship
don't cry before you are hurt
bitty
don't hand me that line
don't hand me that story
don't give me that line
don't give me that story
cast (one's) lot in with (someone or something)
cast lot in

References in periodicals archive

Slowing down to max-endurance airspeed, I flew west while making calls on guard, trying to find the frigid man in the tree-suit. I soon reestablished radio contact with him and set up an orbit at FL330, where the radio signal was the strongest.

So That's Why We Carry the SAR Checklist!

词组	tree-suit
释义	tree-suit tree suit dated slang A coffin. You're going to end up in a tree suit before you're 50 if you don't start improving your diet. Don't worry, boss. We'll put that stool pigeon in a tree suit before he ever makes it to court. See also: suit, tree Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. tree-suit n. a wooden coffin. You’d better shut up if you don’t want to end up wearing a tree-suit. McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions See also: don't bet on it don't give up the ship don't cry before you are hurt bitty don't hand me that line don't hand me that story don't give me that line don't give me that story cast (one's) lot in with (someone or something) cast lot in References in periodicals archive Slowing down to max-endurance airspeed, I flew west while making calls on guard, trying to find the frigid man in the tree-suit. I soon reestablished radio contact with him and set up an orbit at FL330, where the radio signal was the strongest. So That's Why We Carry the SAR Checklist!
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