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A girl reading a Compact Oxford English Dictionary. The Compact Oxford English Dictionary of Current English is a one-volume dictionary published by Oxford University Press. It is intended for family or upper secondary school readerships.
On one's deathbed [1] Dying Neutral On one's last legs [2] About to die Informal On the wrong side of the grass Dead Euphemistic slang Refers to the practice of burying the dead. Such individuals are below the grass as opposed to above it, hence being on the "wrong side". One's hour has come [1] About to die Literary: One's number is up [1]
blood-ember Blóðeisu: N: Einarr Skúlason, Øxarflokkr 7 battle spear-din N: Snorri Sturluson, Skaldskaparmal: blood dead-slave N: blood battle-sweat One reference for this kenning comes from the epic poem, Beowulf. As Beowulf is in fierce combat with Grendel's mother, he makes mention of shedding much battle-sweat. N: Beowulf: blood wound ...
The swift punishment brought down on Zooey Zephyr, a transgender lawmaker in Montana, began over words that others in American politics have used without hesitation or consequence: saying ...
Henry Kissinger places his hand on a Hebrew Bible as he takes the oath of office as Secretary of State, 1973. Traditionally, an oath (from Anglo-Saxon āþ, also a plight) is a statement of fact or a promise taken by a sacrality as a sign of verity. A common legal substitute for those who object to making sacred oaths is to give an affirmation ...
) Also all y'all, comparable in meaning and register to north-English, Northern Irish and Scottish "youse, yous". yellow light as in the color at a stoplight (q.v.) or traffic lights (UK: amber) yinz, yunz, you'uns (Western Pennsylvania, especially Pittsburgh) plural you; derived from you ones. Likewise youse in Philadelphia.
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