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Compare hop the twig (“to run away, to pass on”), originally in reference to a bird avoiding hunters by leaping to another branch.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
fall off the twig
Today it means: Synonym of die. Full definition →
Today it means: Synonym of die. Full definition →
Compare hop the twig (“to run away, to pass on”), originally in reference to a bird avoiding hunters by leaping to another branch.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.