fate worse than death
1fate worse than death — Describing something as a fate worse than death is a fairly common way of implying that it is unpleasant …
2fate worse than death — Describing something as a fate worse than death is a fairly common way of implying that it is unpleasant. (Dorking School Dictionary) …
3fate worse than death — unsought extramarital copulation by a woman A pre Second World War use, acknowledging the convention that women should be virgins when they married: So being rattled stupid by Solomon would be no fate worse than death for her. (Fraser,… …
4Fate worse than death — Describing something as a fate worse than death is a fairly common way of implying that it is unpleasant …
5(a) fate worse than death — a fate worse than death often humorous phrase something very bad that could happen to you He saved me from a fate worse than death. Thesaurus: difficult situations and experiencessynonym Main entry: fate * * * a fate worse than ˈdeath …
6(a) fate worse than death — a very bad or unpleasant experience. She felt that having to move to a small town was a fate worse than death. Usage notes: often used in a humorous way to describe something that is not too serious: Spending a day with my aunt would be a fate… …
7a fate worse than death — 1. Orig an ordeal more horrible or degrading than simple death, esp rape 2. (now chiefly facetious) any terrible ordeal • • • Main Entry: ↑fate * * * I a terrible experience, esp. that of seduction or rape II see death …
8be a fate worse than death — humorous to be the worst thing that can happen to you. When you re 16, an evening at home with your parents is a fate worse than death …
9a fate worse than death — often humorous something very bad that could happen to you He saved me from a fate worse than death …
10a fate worse than death — Meaning Rape or loss of virginity. Origin Probably originated in Victorian England and attested to the belief that a dishonoured woman was better off dead. Still used but ironically of late. Edgar Rice Burroughs used it in his Tarzan of the Apes …