feet first

feet first
a) With the feet preceding the rest of the body.

"If that door opens and any one of you cusses lets on theres anything unusual, right here and then I sure start plugging. They aint a soulll get out the room except feet first."

b) In the manner of a deceased person (i.e., dead).

"‘Anybody resigns from us resigns feet first, understand?’ he tells me. So I didnt resign."


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  • feet first — humorous if someone leaves a place feet first, they are carried out of it after they are dead The only way I m leaving this house is feet first! …   English dictionary

  • feet first —    dead    This is the way corpses tend to be carried:     Cut up rough and you ll go out feet first. (Deighton, 1981) …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • feet first — with the feet in front. ↘dead, as in a coffin. → foot …   English new terms dictionary

  • feet·first — /ˌfiːtˈfɚst/ adv : with the feet leading She jumped into the pool feetfirst. compare ↑headfirst …   Useful english dictionary

  • Feet first — 1. dead; 2. thoughtlessly; impetuously …   Dictionary of Australian slang

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  • be carried out feet first — if someone will not leave a place until they are carried out feet first, they will not leave until they are dead. James would never leave his home to go to a retirement village he d be carried out feet first! …   New idioms dictionary

  • come home feet first —    to be killed    Corpses are usually carried that way, although the opposite happens with coffins:     Whoever came home feet first, it wasn t going to be him. (Fraser, 1977) …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

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