no tenir on caure mort

Catalan

Etymology

Literally, “not have anywhere to fall dead”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈno təˈni ˈoŋ ˈkaw.ɾə ˈmɔrt]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈno teˈniɾ ˈoŋ ˈkaw.ɾe ˈmɔɾt]

Idiom

no tenir on caure mort

1. (figurative) to be destitute, indigent
   • 1969, Maria Aurèlia Capmany, Feliçment, jo soc una dona:

     ‒No té on caure mort aquest ‒em deia en veu alta. ‒I tant que tinc on caure mort, Juanita, tot el país està a la meva disposició.

     "This one doesn't have a place to go die," she said to me in a loud voice. "I do too have a place to go and die, Juanita, the whole country is at my disposal."

Further reading

• “caure”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024