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To commit suicide, usually via falling from a great height Humorous: Originated from a remixed video of Kermit the Frog from Sesame Street and a Kermit the Frog doll falling off a building. [15] Kick the bucket [2] To die Informal In suicidal hanging. [16] Also 'kick off' . [1] Kick the calendar To die Slang, informal Polish saying.
Ptosis, also known as blepharoptosis, [1] is a drooping or falling of the upper eyelid.This condition is sometimes called "lazy eye", but that term normally refers to the condition amblyopia.
Also apophthegm. A terse, pithy saying, akin to a proverb, maxim, or aphorism. aposiopesis A rhetorical device in which speech is broken off abruptly and the sentence is left unfinished. apostrophe A figure of speech in which a speaker breaks off from addressing the audience (e.g., in a play) and directs speech to a third party such as an opposing litigant or some other individual, sometimes ...
Akbar was woken up in the tumult after the murder. He struck Adham Khan down personally with his fist and immediately ordered his defenestration by royal order. The first time, his legs were broken as a result of the 12-metre (40-foot) fall from the ramparts of Agra Fort but he remained alive. Akbar, in a rare act of cruelty probably ...
lammed off Ran away or escaped [19] large. Main article: United States dollar. $1,000 e.g.Twenty large would be $20,000 [19] law, the Police officer [287] Laying on the hip smoking opium [81] lay off Smoke of opium [288] lay out 1. Defeat or overcome i.e. to lay out someone [288] 2. Knock someone out in a fight [288] 3. Kill someone [288] lead
Amblyopia, a disorder of visual development in which the brain partially or wholly ignores input from one or both eyes; Strabismus, a disorder of ocular alignment in which the eyes aim in different directions; Ptosis (eyelid), drooping or falling of the upper or lower eyelid
Entoptic phenomena (from Ancient Greek ἐντός (entós) ' within ' and ὀπτικός (optikós) ' visual '), occasionally and incorrectly referred to as entopic phenomena, are visual effects whose source is within the human eye itself. In Helmholtz's words: "Under suitable conditions light falling on the eye may render visible certain ...
Xerophthalmia (from Ancient Greek xērós (ξηρός) meaning "dry" and ophthalmos (οφθαλμός) meaning "eye") is a medical condition in which the eye fails to produce tears. It may be caused by vitamin A deficiency, [1] which is sometimes used to describe that condition, although there may be other causes.