English Explanatory Dictionary

cold in one's grave

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Dead (usually used in a hyperbolic or metaphorical setting).
  2. Having died a reasonable length of time ago (usually used to suggest that an unseemly short amount of time for a particular purpose has passed since a person's death).

Word forms

cold in one's grave
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