die in boots



die in one's boots

 and die with one's boots on
Fig. to go down fighting; to die in some fashion other than in bed; to die fighting. (Popularized by western movies. Heroes and villains of these movies said they preferred death in a gunfight to showing cowardice or giving up.) I won't let him get me. I'll die in my boots. a gunfight to showing cowardice or giving up.) I won't let him get me. I'll die in my boots.
See also: boot, die

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Agurne-Basque
Jacominayah-ko-MEE-nahDutch
Besnik-Albanian
Acker['ækə]
JoonasYO:-nahsFinnish
Alda (3)-Icelandic