tirare le cuoia

tiràre le cuoia (first-person singular present tìro le cuoia, first-person singular past historic tirài le cuoia, past participle tiràto le cuoia, auxiliary avére)

1. (intransitive, idiomatic) to bite the dust, to kick the bucket, to give up the ghost
2. (intransitive, idiomatic, figurative) to quit; to cease functioning

• lasciarci le cuoia
• morire