all-a-mort »
Sad; at death's door.
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at death's door »
About to die; in a life-threatening state of health.
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big sleep »
Death.
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bought the farm »
Simple past tense and past participle of buy the farm: died; often refers to death in battle.
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by one's own hand »
As a result of one's own actions, especially with reference to death by suicide.
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che sera sera »
Used to express a personal philosophy of fatalism1604, Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus:Why then belike we must sin, / And so consequently die. / Aye, we must die an everlasting death. / What doctrine call you this ? Che, sera, sera: / What will be*, shall be; Divinity adieu. / These Metaphysics of Magicians, / And necromantic books, are heavenly.
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death by spellcheck »
The problems caused by spellcheckers being incapable of correcting most homophone confusions.
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death knell »
A sign or omen foretelling the death or destruction of something.
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death knell »
The tolling of a bell announcing death.
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deathblow »
A strike or blow that leads to death, especially a coup de grace.
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deathblow »
Something that prevents the completion, or ends the existence of some project etc.
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die »
To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.
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end of the line »
Final cessation or discontinuance of a process, institution, or person, especially one which has existed for a considerable period of time; death.
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faceplant »
Death or defeat in popular multiplayer online games.
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fruit of one's loins »
C. 1950, Kay Boyle, "Adam's Death" in Fifty Stories , ISBN 9780811212069, p. 541.
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