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fruit of one's loinsC. 1950, Kay Boyle, "Adam's Death" in Fifty Stories , ISBN 9780811212069, p. 541.Rate it:

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gallows humorComedy that makes light of death or other very serious matters.Rate it:

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give earDante Gabriel Rosetti, A Death-Parting, lines 5-6.Rate it:

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give me liberty or give me deathA set-phrase indicating enormous displeasure at any over-authoritarian policy or law.Rate it:

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gone north aboutDead, of sailor or seaman whose cause of death was anything except by drowning.Rate it:

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grimm keeperMaster of deathRate it:

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hanging offenceA crime so serious that it is punishable by means of death by hanging.Rate it:

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happily ever afterLiving happily until death. Typically associated with fairy tales.Rate it:

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have someone's blood on one's headTo be responsible for someone's death, pain, or misfortune.Rate it:

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have the biscuitTo be of no further use; to be near death.Rate it:

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hounded me almost to deathA continuing harassment, a constant and recurring state of personal raging.Rate it:

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how did he dieWhat were the circumstances of his death?Rate it:

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il a l'air d'un déterréHe looks as pale as death, as pale as a ghost.Rate it:

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il est à l'article de la mortHe is at the point of death, at death’s door.Rate it:

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il est mort de sa belle mortHe died a natural death.Rate it:

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il était à deux doigts de la mortHe was at death’s door, within an ace of death.Rate it:

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in the woodsIn critical condition; near death's door.Rate it:

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inediā mori or vitam finireto starve oneself to death.Rate it:

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killTo put to death; to extinguish the life of.Rate it:

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killTo invent a story that conveys the death of (a character).Rate it:

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killSpecifically, the death blow.Rate it:

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kiss of deathSomething that may seem good and favourable but that actually brings ruin to hopes, plans, etc.Rate it:

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kiss of deathA kiss on the cheek that signifies the death of the receiver, as delivered by a mob boss or one with such influence.Rate it:

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knocking on heaven's doorDying, close to death.Rate it:

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la mort l'a pris au pied levéDeath took him without a moment’s notice.Rate it:

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Last SupperThe Passover meal that Jesus ate with his disciples on the night before his death.Rate it:

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last wordThe final statement uttered by a person before death.Rate it:

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leave for deadTo abandon a person or other living creature that is injured or otherwise incapacitated, assuming that the death of the one abandoned will soon follow.Rate it:

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life-or-deathOf critical importance to the survival of a living organism.Rate it:

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life-or-deathHaving death as a possible or even likely outcome; perilous.Rate it:

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life-or-deathOf critical importance to the success of a particular endeavor.Rate it:

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like death warmed overIll, unwell.Rate it:

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living deathA condition of suffering, solitude, or impairment so extreme as to deprive one's existence of all happiness and meaning.Rate it:

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matter of life and deathSomething whose outcome could result in either someone's survival or their deathRate it:

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matter of life and deathAn extremely urgent matter.Rate it:

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même à travers l'agonie la passion dominante se fait voirThe ruling passion is strong in death.Rate it:

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minitari (minari) alicui mortem, crucem et tormenta, bellumto threaten some one with death, crucifixion, torture, war.Rate it:

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morbo perire, absūmi, consūmito die a natural death.Rate it:

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mors alicuius luctum mihi attulitsome one's death has plunged me in grief.Rate it:

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mors immatura or praematuraan untimely death.Rate it:

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morte multare aliquem (Catil. 1. 11. 28)to punish any one with death.Rate it:

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mortem oppetereto meet death (by violence).Rate it:

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mourir à la peine1. To die in harness. 2. To work oneself to death.Rate it:

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necessaria (opp. voluntaria) morte morito die a natural death.Rate it:

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on one's deathbedClose to death.Rate it:

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pale rider"The Pale Rider"; another name for Death, "The Grim Reaper", "the angel of death"; and one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.Rate it:

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plagam extremam or mortiferam infligereto inflict a death-blow.Rate it:

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play possumTo feign death; to remain quiet and still to escape attention or remain undetected; to lay low.Rate it:

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poisoned chaliceA scheme or instrument for causing death or harm, especially one which eventually brings about the downfall of its creator; something which is initially regarded as advantageous but which is later recognized to be disadvantageous or harmful.Rate it:

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potestas vitae necisquepower over life and death.Rate it:

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