Expressions (A–Z)
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B
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Better to live as two than to live widowed/ it is better to be in company than alone/ better to dwell in woe than in widowhood (unhappy matrimony is preferable to spinsterhood)
It is better to sit with two than as a widow. In the question: Marriage in perso...
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C
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Cast me not off in the time of old age
A plea not to be abandoned or left without connection and support in old age.
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D
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Death rather than solitude / Better death than loneliness
Either companionship or death. A person cannot live in isolation; life without f...
183 views
H
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He has no one to inquire after him
There is no one who is interested in him.
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He has no one to lean on but...
See: "We have none to lean on but our Father in Heaven".
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N
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No one is waiting for him
He doesn’t have many other employment opportunities. No one is interested in him...
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T
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There is no one to listen
Figuratively: There is no one willing to listen to distress. "There is no one to...
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There is no one to talk to
Figuratively: There is no partner to talk to. There is no one willing to listen...
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