from the cradle to the grave

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Fig. from birth to death. The government promised to take care of us from the cradle to the grave. You can feel secure and well-protected from the cradle to the grave.

See also: cradle, grave

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You are a comic little figure, hopping from the cradle to the grave. The Land That Time Forgot by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context It broke; it was resumed broken, not marching once from the cradle to the grave. A Room With A View by Forster, E. M. View in context Our mental existences, which are immaterial and have no dimensions, are passing along the Time-Dimension with a uniform velocity from the cradle to the grave. The Time Machine by Wells, H.G. View in context More results

? References in classic literature

You are a comic little figure, hopping from the cradle to the grave.

The Land That Time Forgot by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context

It broke; it was resumed broken, not marching once from the cradle to the grave.

A Room With A View by Forster, E. M. View in context

Our mental existences, which are immaterial and have no dimensions, are passing along the Time-Dimension with a uniform velocity from the cradle to the grave.

The Time Machine by Wells, H.G. View in context

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