breathe one's last
breathe (one's) last (breath)
To die. After our parents breathed their last, my four siblings and I had to decide what to do with their property. I hope I'm making music until I breathe my last breath.
See also: breathe, last
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
breathe one's last
Die, as in Aunt Agatha breathed her last on Tuesday. This term was used by Shakespeare in 3 Henry VI (5:2): "Montague has breathed his last." It has survived but today is considered a poetic euphemism.
See also: breathe, last
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
- breathe (one's) last (breath)
- breathe last
- breathe your last
- draw (one's) last breath
- bring (one) up on (something)
- bring up on
- not breathe a word of (something)
- able
- as I live and breathe
- As I live and breathe!