candidate



*candidate for a pair of wings

Euph. someone who is likely to die; someone who is close to death. (Jocular. *Typically: be ~; look like ~.) Whenever Jane wants to cross the street, she just walks out into traffic without looking. She's a candidate for a pair of wings, I say. Tom: How's Bill doing? I heard he was sick. Jane: Not good, I'm afraid. He looks like a candidate for a pair of wings.
See also: candidate, of, pair, wing

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candidate for a pair of wings.
See also: candidate, like, look, of, pair, wing

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Ariadneah-ree-ahd-ne (Ancient Greek), ar-ee-AD-nee (English)Greek Mythology
SjoerdSHOORT (Dutch)Frisian, Dutch
Aenor-Ancient Germanic (Latinized)
Latifa-Arabic
GiacomoJAH-ko-moItalian
Anita (1)ah-NEE-tah (Spanish), AH-nee-tah (Finnish)Spanish, Portuguese, Croatian, Slovene, English, Dutch, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish,