To die with your boots on.

Posted by ESC on January 17, 2001

In Reply to: To die with your boots on. posted by Chris on January 17, 2001

: Where did the saying "die with your boots on" come from and what does it mean.

This probably comes from the old West. If you died sick and/or old, you died in your bed with your boots off. If you died in a gunfight, you died with your boots on.

• To die with your boots on. JaneS 01/19/01