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death and taxes

death and taxes noun: something which is totally certain.

Noun

death and taxes pl (plural only)

  1. (idiomatic, informal, plural, plural-only) Something which is totally certain.
    • Nothing is ever solved forever. Like death and taxes, problems are always there to confront us.2007, William Jackson, The Incredible Death and Revival of William Morgan, page 143

Origin of death and taxes

By extension with sure as death and taxes.

Questions about death and taxes

What does death and taxes mean?
Death and taxes means something which is totally certain.
What part of speech is death and taxes?
Death and taxes is a noun.

Words near death and taxes in the dictionary

  1. death 'n' roll
  2. death acids
  3. death adder
  4. death adders
  5. death against
  6. death and taxes
  7. death angel
  8. death angels
  9. death barrier
  10. death barriers
  11. death bed

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