come home feet first

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. . 2014.

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