Alternative form of rod for one's back

Alternative form of have seen one's day

(idiomatic, of persons, things, ideas, etc.) To be at the point in a life cycle or career of no longer being useful or effective; to be worn-out.

Alternative form of zip one's lip

Alternative form of button one's lip

To kill oneself; to commit suicide.

To sacrifice something valuable.

(idiomatic) To form one's personal opinions and choose one's actions without being governed by the views or choices of others; to be independently minded; to think for oneself.

(idiomatic) To be dead or finished.

present participle of eat one's seed corn