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dead and buried 1. Lit. dead and interred, and soon to be forgotten. Now that Uncle Bill is dead and buried, we can read his will. 2. Fig. gone forever. That kind of old-fashioned thinking is dead and buried. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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"Oh, centuries and centuries; so long," she said, "that I'm sure I'm dead and buried, and this dear old place is heaven;" which, for reasons he could not define, struck Newland Archer as an even more disrespectful way of describing New York society. Peter saw piles of yellow and musty account-books, in parchment covers, wherein creditors, long dead and buried, had written the names of dead and buried debtors in ink now so faded that their moss-grown tombstones were more legible. I would rather be dead and buried when the time comes for you to despise me, so that it may never be known to me that you despised me. |
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