Idioms

(one's) final resting place

(one's) final resting place

The location where one's body is interred after death. After I die, I want my ashes to be buried with the seed of an oak, so that instead of a headstone, I might have a new, living tree mark my final resting place. Most of my relatives' final resting place is the family plot at the cemetery. A: "Where did Uncle Ted want his final resting place to be?" B: "Well, he actually wanted his ashes to be scattered over the ocean."
See also: final, place, resting
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