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  2. Light as a feather, stiff as a board - Wikipedia

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    The general direction of the call-and-repeat describes how the person is looking worse and worse, followed by saying "she is dying", and, finally, "she is dead". Variations of the spoken part of the game occur. In a common, modern version, the person being lifted is told a story about their death and asked to imagine it happening to them.

  3. List of English-language expressions related to death

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    Dead Euphemistic: Croak [7] To die Slang: Crossed the Jordan Died Biblical/Revivalist The deceased has entered the Promised Land (i.e. Heaven) Curtains Death Theatrical The final curtain at a dramatic performance Dead as a dodo [2] Dead Informal The 'dodo', flightless bird from the island of Mauritius hunted to extinction Dead as a doornail [1]

  4. Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep - Wikipedia

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    I am a thousand winds that blow; I am the diamond glints on the snow. I am the sunlight on ripened grain; I am the gentle autumn's rain. When you awaken in the morning's hush, I am the swift uplifting rush Of quiet birds in circled flight. I am the soft star that shines at night. Do not stand at my grave and cry. I am not there; I did not die.

  5. Online, 'unalive' means death or suicide. Experts say it ...

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    Experts say it might help kids discuss those things. JEFF McMILLAN. July 14, 2023 at 12:38 AM. ... “I’m dead!” — has incorporated the term. Gamer forums and chat rooms are rife with ...

  6. Technoblade, Minecraft YouTuber, Dead at 23 After ... - AOL

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    Technoblade has died. The Minecraft YouTuber, who had been battling stage 4 cancer, revealed his death in a video posted on Thursday by having his dad read a letter he wrote hours before he died.

  7. List of proverbial phrases - Wikipedia

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    Live to fight another day (This saying comes from an English proverbial rhyme, "He who fights and runs away, may live to fight another day") Loose lips sink ships; Look before you leap; Love is blind – The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act II, Scene 1 (1591) Love of money is the root of all evil [16] Love makes the world go around

  8. Albatross (metaphor) - Wikipedia

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    The heavy metal band Iron Maiden references the albatross in their song "Rime of the Ancient Mariner", which is based on the poem of the same title by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Jeff Williams' song "Bad Luck Charm" contains the line "I'm a cursed black cat, I'm an albatross, I'm a mirror broken, Sad to say, I'm your bad luck charm".

  9. Kelly Clarkson is a heavy-metal goddess. Clarkson, whose ability to sing a wide range of genres (classics, rock anthems and even theme songs, among them) dates all the way back to her "American ...