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way of all flesh

way of all flesh noun: the inevitable road to death; mortality.

Noun

the way of all flesh

  1. (euphemistic) The inevitable road to death; mortality.
    • Taking a page from Court TV, some enterprising soul will start Death TV. If there are stations devoted to food, sex and weather, why not one to the way of all flesh?1998 July 5, Maureen Dowd, “Liberties; Prime Time Dead”, in New York Times
    • He abhors his decaying portrait, which pitilessly shows him the way of all flesh.2004, Elana Gomel, “Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, and the (Un)Death of the Author”, in Narrative, volume 12, number 1, page 84

Questions about way of all flesh

What does way of all flesh mean?
Way of all flesh means the inevitable road to death; mortality.
What part of speech is way of all flesh?
Way of all flesh is a noun.

Words near way of all flesh in the dictionary

  1. way enoughing
  2. way enoughs
  3. way in
  4. way leave
  5. way leaves
  6. way of all flesh
  7. way of life
  8. Way of Saint James
  9. Way of St. James
  10. Way of the Cross
  11. way of the world

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