lasciarci le cuoia

Italian

Etymology

Literally, to leave the skin there.

Verb

lasciàrci le cuoia (pronominal, first-person singular present ci làscio le cuoia, first-person singular past historic ci lasciài le cuoia, past participle lasciàtoci le cuoia, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive, idiomatic) to bite the dust, to give up the ghost, to kick the bucket

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