To die.
1872. My old gentleman means to be Mayor or Governor or President or something or other before he goes off the handle, you ’d better b’lieve.—Holmes, ‘The Poet at the Breakfast-Table,’ chap. x. (N.E.D.)
*** See also FLY OFF THE HANDLE.
To die.
1872. My old gentleman means to be Mayor or Governor or President or something or other before he goes off the handle, you ’d better b’lieve.—Holmes, ‘The Poet at the Breakfast-Table,’ chap. x. (N.E.D.)
*** See also FLY OFF THE HANDLE.
