vestir o paletó de madeira

== Portuguese == === Etymology === Literally, “to wear the wooden paletot” – in this case, wooden paletot is a euphemism for coffin. === Pronunciation === === Verb === vestir o paletó de madeira (first-person singular present visto o paletó de madeira, third-person singular present veste o paletó de madeira, first-person singular preterite vesti o paletó de madeira, past participle vestido o paletó de madeira) (intransitive, idiomatic) to give up the ghost (to die) Synonyms: see Thesaurus:morrer ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “vestir o paletó de madeira”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026