dirt nap

dirt nap

A state of death or permanent cessation. He's got a lot of nerve to talk to me like that! I think he's looking for a dirt nap! The popular television show now appears headed for a dirt nap following the exit of its lead star.
See also: dirt, nap
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • if (one) is a day
  • if he is a day
  • if he's, she's, etc. a day
  • French leave
  • be going great guns
  • all wound up
  • if one’s a day
  • if (one's) a day
  • if a day
  • dice with death
References in periodicals archive
"Satellite" bulls, as they're often called, are naive, dumb and prime for a dirt nap, so be willing to cover a lot of ground in search of one.
And since we're all going to take that final dirt nap anyway, assuming ownership of our fate, within the limits of our abilities, gives us as much control as we can have over our final moments.
Next up for Spike is a long dirt nap. In coming weeks, Spike's tall flower will slowly deflate as the plant works to gather its energy into an underground storage organ called a corm, Vitt said.
Emotions in Bossier have run so high online that one Facebook post proposed that our plaintiffs be put "in a dirt nap," causing Americans United to file an unchallenged motion requesting their anonymity.
"iZombie" Season 3, episode 7, titled "Dirt Nap Time" airs on Tuesday, May 16 at 9 p.m.
"They're not going to grow into their fullest expression of what they could be.'' But then, who among us hasn't thought about their own dirt nap and harbored the same self-doubt?
The most recent, "Dirt Nap," is a five-song EP that showcases their evolving sound from their time on the road and the addition of new band members.
Winter Springs, FL, July 05, 2012 --(PR.com)-- Dirt Nap Ventures (DNV), a Central Florida investment fund, announced today that is has returned 100 percent of the capital it raised and paid a 12 percent cash dividend to all its investors.
It may force me into an early dirt nap, crippled, and deformed by repetitive motion injuries, but it does allow me to finish my assigned cases.
But like a lot of people, we took a dirt nap soon after.
The twists and turns are rampant as the couple try to figure out who it could be, and just how they can avoid taking a dirt nap. This might prove a little easier for them if they could put aside their bickering (which incidentally becomes stagnant and repetitive the longer the film goes on) for a moment.
I am taking the proverbial dirt nap. I bought the farm.
I didn't realise at first that it was Drea de Matteo--eye candy and mobster's squeeze 'Adriana' on The Sopranos, until her character made that unfortunate road trip with wise guy 'Silvio' and ended up taking an eternal dirt nap.
From the depths of French Canada comes the Mind Controls' self-titled debut LP from the good folks at Dirt Nap. If I told you the band was fronted by Mark Sultan, it might mean something, but if I said BBQ, King Kahn and BBQ Show, the Spaceshits, and Les Sexareenos, it might mean something more as those are his recent bands.
Instead, the e-tail entity, one of the last remaining pure players in furniture, took a technological dirt nap last week, ceasing operations without a bang or a cyber-whimper.