sleep with the fishes



sleep with the fishes

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

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Behnam-Persian
LyssaLIS-əEnglish
Darinka-Slovene, Croatian
Pradip-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Nepali
Jameson['dʒeimsn]
Sacagawea-Native American