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dying day, to one's to your dying day for the rest of your life. 1967 George Mackay Brown A Calendar of Love This one always was and ever will be to his dying day a garrulous long-winded old man. See also: dyingdying day, to one'sFor the rest of one’s life. The English poet George Sandys used the expression as long ago as 1599: “To have a sight of her sometime before their dying-dayes.” The cliché usually appears in a somewhat melodramatic or hyperbolic context, such as “I’ll never forget this garden, not to my dying day.” See also: dying |