Expressions (A–Z)

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  Death and Life Are in the Power of the Tongue

  See: "Life and death are in the power of the tongue."

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• Death drive

  An urge, sometimes unconscious, for a person to harm themselves or others; a sel...

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  Death Is Better Than a Life of Ailments.

  Death is preferable to a life of suffering and pain.

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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...

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  Death separated them

  See: "Only death separated them."

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• Death throes

  Figuratively: signs of a person's final moments.

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  Deathbed statement – legal reference?

  Words spoken by a person shortly before they died. Legally, great importance is...

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  Deathly Silence

  Absolute silence.

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  Debt of Honor

  A feeling of a person who senses that he must repay a kindness or that there is...

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  Deceit / Fraud / Falsehood — "Stones of Deceit, Scales of Deceit"

  Figuratively and poetically: weights used to deceive — trade or conduct based on...

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