toes up
Slang for expired
Toes up means dead, from the image of a corpse lying on its back with feet pointing upward.
The phrase appears in expressions like go toes up or turn toes up: The company went toes up after the scandal.
It can describe anything that has failed or ceased functioning: My laptop finally went toes up.
- six feet underDead and buried
- deadNo longer alive
- dead as a doornailUtterly and certainly lifeless
- goneNo longer present
- no longer with usEuphemism for dead
departed · gone to glory · met their maker · expired · kaput · defunct · dying · croaked · extinct · kicked the bucket · demised · perished · lifeless · room temperature · corpse · bought the farm · bit the dust · sleeping with the fishes
toes upalive and kicking
Healthy and active
alive · living · breathing · alive and well · kicking
toes upup and running
Functioning as intended
going strong · thriving · flourishing · operational · functioning