| 词汇 | six feet under |
| 释义 | six feet under Theme: DEAD mod. dead and buried.Fred died and is six feet under.They put him six feet under two days after he died. Idiom six feet under dead and buried.You're just waiting until he's six feet under so you can get his money. Etymology: based on the idea that dead people are traditionally buried six feet under the ground six feet under adjective dead and buried UK, 1942six feet underDead and buried. (Six feet refers to the traditional depth of a grave.) You'll be six feet under when Mom finds out that you dented her brand new car. The way I see it, hoarding all that money won't do you any good once you're six feet under. six feet underFig. dead and buried. Fred died and is six feet under. They put him six feet under two days after he died. six feet underDead and buried, as in No, you can't read my diary-not until I'm six feet under. Although this expression alludes to what has long been the traditional depth of a grave, that is, approximately the same as the length of the coffin, it dates only from the mid-1900s. six feet underdead and buried. informalSix feet is the traditional depth of a grave. six feet ˈunder(informal, humorous) dead and buried in the ground: By then, all the witnesses were six feet under.six feet under mod. dead and buried. They put him six feet under two days after he died. six feet underDead and buried. The traditional depth of a grave is approximately the length of the coffin. This expression, while making good arithmetical sense, came into use only in the mid-twentieth century. J. Gerson used it in The Omega Factor (1979): “We make sure the dead are stiff and cold and six feet under.” |
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