be swimming with the fishes



be swimming with the fishes

gangster cliché To be murdered and have one's body disposed of in a river, lake, or ocean. (A less common variant of "be sleeping with the fishes.") Don't worry, boss, that no-good snitch will be swimming with the fishes before sunrise.
See also: Fishes, swimming

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Yafa-Hebrew
Nada (2)-Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian
Stanislavstah-nee-SLAHF (Russian)Czech, Slovak, Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Slovene, Serbian, Croatian, Medieval Slavic
Corey['kəʊri]
Robertoro-BER-to (Italian, Spanish)Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Adamoah-DAHM-oItalian