Expressions (A–Z)
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Many young men die before the old/"many foals died whose hides became saddles on their dams' backs
Question: Many young people died before the old, and many old people lived longe...
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May Darkness Take Him/ The Devil take him/ To hell with him
The Levite and death. A curse and a wish for the death of a person. Or: An expre...
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May his clods be sweet to him/ May he rest in peace! / "May his dust be sweet!"
A blessing said for a deceased person, wishing that he rest in peace in his grav...
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May rot come into his bones/ To hell with him !/ May his bones rot !/ May rot penetrate his bones !
Figuratively: a curse wishing that the person will die.
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Mercy Killing
The intentional causing of death with consent to a terminally ill person who suf...
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My death is better than my life
Preferable in the eyes of death to life. An expression of despair so deep that d...
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No longer with us
By extension: passed away. Deceased.
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No man dies except for his wife, and no woman dies except for her husband
The primary one who suffers from a person's death is their spouse, who feels the...
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No man has power over the day of death
Even the strong will one day lose their power. A proverb meaning all are equal b...
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Oh,for those who are gone and cannot be replaced (Aramic expression of sorrow at death of someone) / Woe for the loss!
Woe to those who were once great men and are no longer to be found (in Aramaic,...
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