| 单词 | fate worse than death, a |
| 释义 | fate worse than death, aA highly undesirable occurrence, a misfortune, as in Dean thinks driving daily during rush hour is a fate worse than death. Formerly applied quite seriously to a woman's loss of virginity, this idiom today is used hyperbolically and far more loosely. [1600s] Words nearby fate worse than death, aafar, a far cry, far cry from, a, Farewell to Arms, A, Afars and the Issas, fate worse than death, a, AFB, AFC, AFDC, afeard, feather in one's cap, a The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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