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Danger - Death
Explore English idioms that relate to death, including "bite the dust" and "one foot in the grave".
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to bite the dust
[phrase]
to die or no longer exist
Ex: The ambitious business venture bit the dust due to a lack of funding and support .
(as) dead as a dodo
[phrase]
(of a person, animal, or plant) certainly not alive or in existence any longer
Ex: After the advent of digital photography , film cameras dead as a dodo in the consumer market .
to lay somebody to rest
[phrase]
to put the body of a person who has died in a tomb or grave during a funeral
to put one's affairs in order
[phrase]
to complete one's unfinished business, such as clearing debts, etc., especially because one is about to die
get one's ticket punched
[sentence]
to lose one's life
Ex: In her final moments , the hospice nurse reassured the terminally ill patient that he would get his ticket punched, finding peace in the afterlife .
at death's door
[phrase]
used to describe someone who is about to die
Ex: After the shipwreck , the survivors spent days adrift at sea , becoming weak at death 's door before they were rescued .
to live on borrowed time
[phrase]
to be expected to die soon because of a serious illness, terrible accident, etc.
to be pushing up (the) daisies
[phrase]
to no longer be alive
Ex: If I were you , I 'd make the most of every day because none of us know when webe pushing up the daisies.
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