Idiom
curl up and die
Theme: DEATH
to retreat and die.When I heard you say that, I could have curled up and died.No, it wasn't an illness. She just curled up and died.
Slang
curl up and die
Theme: DEATH
in. to retreat and die. (Often figurative.)I was so embarrassed, I thought I would just curl up and die.The old cat, finishing up the last of its nine lives, just curled up and died.