to go the way of all flesh
11the way of all flesh — phrasal 1. also the way of all the earth : the course or passage from life to death the days of David drew nigh that he should die, and he charged his son Solomon, saying: I am going the way of all flesh 3 Kings 2:1 2 (Douay Version) this day I… …
12(the) way of all flesh — death From the Douay Bible: I am going the way of all flesh. (Joshua 23:14) Made a cliché by Samuel Butler s novel of the same title, published posthumously in 1903 …
13to go the way of all flesh — Way Way, n. [OE. wey, way, AS. weg; akin to OS., D., OHG., & G. weg, Icel. vegr, Sw. v[ a]g, Dan. vei, Goth. wigs, L. via, and AS. wegan to move, L. vehere to carry, Skr. vah. [root]136. Cf. {Convex}, {Inveigh}, {Vehicle}, {Vex}, {Via}, {Voyage} …
14go the way of all flesh — ● way * * * die or come to an end * * * go the way of all flesh literary : to die • • • Main Entry: ↑flesh * * * go the way of all ˈflesh idiom (saying) to die …
15go the way of all flesh — ► go the way of all flesh die or come to an end. Main Entry: ↑flesh …
16go the way of all flesh — noun To die; to follow a course leading to death or extinction. The first stranger handed his neighbor the family mug a huge vessel of brown ware, having its upper edge worn away like a threshold by the rub of whole generations of thirsty lips… …
17the way of all the earth — phrasal see the way of all flesh 1 …
18way of all flesh — noun 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? See Also: go the way of all flesh …
19way of all flesh — the way of all creatures, the way of animals …
20went the way of all flesh — ended up the way all people end up, died, passed away …
