| 词汇 | die in one's boots |
| 释义 | Idiom die in one's boots and die with one's boots on Theme: DEATH to go down fighting; to die in some fashion other than in bed; to die fighting. (A cliché popularized by western movies. The villains of these movies said they preferred death by gunshot or hanging to dying in bed.)I won't let him get me. I'll die in my boots.He may give me a hard time, but I won't be overcome. I'll fight him and die with my boots on. die in (one's) bootsTo fight back, rather than passively accept something. I know that protesting seems fruitless, but we can't just give up on this cause—we have to die in our boots. die in one's bootsand die with one's boots onFig. to go down fighting; to die in some fashion other than in bed; to die fighting. (Popularized by western movies. Heroes and villains of these movies said they preferred death in a gunfight to showing cowardice or giving up.) I won't let him get me. I'll die in my boots. a gunfight to showing cowardice or giving up.) I won't let him get me. I'll die in my boots. |
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