(one's) long home

(one's) long home

One's death, afterlife, or final resting place. The family was finally able to bring his body back from Taiwan to his long home in the cemetery of his ancestors. We were sad to learn that she had gone to her long home after a brief battle with cancer.

See also: home, long

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long home

death. euphemistic, dated

The expression is based on the idea of the soul's destination after death.

See also: home, long

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