shuffle off this mortal coil
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shuffle off this mortal coil — humorous to die. I really want to see the Coliseum before I shuffle off this mortal coil … New idioms dictionary
shuffle off this mortal coil — Meaning To die. Origin From Hamlet s To be or not to be speech in Shakespeare s Hamlet ... When we have shuffled off this mortal coil … Meaning and origin of phrases
shuffle off this mortal coil to — die The Bard said it first, through the voice of Hamlet. ... left a hundred grand when he shuffled off his mortal coil. (Sanders, 1986) … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
shuffle off this mortal coil — I chiefly humorous die Origin: from Shakespeare s Hamlet (iii. i. 67) II see coil II … Useful english dictionary
Shuffle off this mortal coil — die … Dictionary of Australian slang
shuffle off this mortal coil — Australian Slang die … English dialects glossary
Mortal coil — For other uses, see Mortal coil (disambiguation). Mortal coil is a poetic term that means the troubles of daily life and the strife and suffering of the world. It is used in the sense of a burden to be carried or abandoned, most famously in the… … Wikipedia
shuffle off — transitive verb : to get rid of : push away : shirk when we have shuffled off this mortal coil Shakespeare shuffle off the heavy burden of our guilt Richard Chase teachers cannot … shuffle off their responsibility C.I.Glicksberg intransitive verb … Useful english dictionary
shuffle — [c]/ˈʃʌfəl / (say shufuhl) verb (shuffled, shuffling) –verb (i) 1. to walk without lifting the feet or with clumsy steps and a shambling gait. 2. to scrape the feet over the floor in dancing. 3. to get (into, etc.) in a clumsy manner: to shuffle… …
death — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Absence of life Nouns 1. death, expiration, decease, demise, the grave, the narrow bed, one s latter end; end, cessation; loss, extinction, or ebb of life, mortality experience; dissolution, departure,… … English dictionary for students
