单词 | to die a dry death |
释义 | > as lemmasto die a dry death f. to die a dry death: i.e. without bloodshed, or (in Shakespeare) without drowning. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > manner of death > die in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > die naturally to die naturally1554 to die a dry death1594 to die in one's beda1739 1594 Mirrour Policie (1599) E iij Tyrants..goe neuer to Pluto with a drie death..without bloud and murder. a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) i. i. 143 Destin'd to a drier death on shore. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) i. i. 64 I would faine dye a dry death. View more context for this quotation 1688 R. L'Estrange Brief Hist. Times III. 275 He dy'd rather a Dry Death, then a Bloudy. < as lemmas |
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