face your maker

face your maker
   to be mortally ill
   A prospect hoped for or feared by the devout:
    Often a poor soul facing his maker chooses to come and spend those final few hours with us. (Deighton, 1993/2 — the speaker ran a refuge for the destitute)
   It may also mean to die.

How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. . 2014.

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