be (as) silent as the grave Идиома

dig your own grave

cause your own failure, cut your own throat When you criticize the manager, are you digging your own grave?

one foot in the grave

near death Her grandmother has one foot in the grave and is not expected to live much longer.

dig in the grave

London Cockney rhyming slang for shave

turn over in one's grave

Idiom(s): turn (over) in one's grave

Theme: AMAZING

[for a dead person] to be shocked or horrified. (Refers to something that would be so shocking to a person who is actually dead, that the dead person would quicken enough to turn over.)
• If Beethoven heard Mary play one of his sonatas, he'd turn over in his grave.
• If Aunt Jane knew what you were doing with her favorite chair, she would turn over in her grave.

quiet as the grave

Idiom(s): (as) quiet as the grave

Theme: SILENCE

very quiet; silent.
• The house is as quiet as the grave when the children are at school.
• This town is quiet as the grave now that the offices have closed.

have one foot in the grave

Idiom(s): have one foot in the grave

Theme: DAYDREAM

to be near death, either because of old age or because of illness.
• Fred's uncle is ninety. He has one foot in the grave and may not live another two months.
• Terry has one foot in the grave and will perish unless he receives treatment soon.

from the cradle to the grave

Idiom(s): from the cradle to the grave

Theme: COMPLETELY

from birth to death.
• The government promised to take care of us from the cradle to the grave.
• You can feel secure and well protected from the cradle to the grave.

dig one's own grave

Idiom(s): dig one's own grave

Theme: EXTRAVAGANCE

to be responsible for one's own downfall or ruin.
• The manager tried to get rid of his assistant, but he dug his own grave. He got fired himself for trying.
• The committee has dug its own grave with the new tax bill.

Don't dig your grave with your own knife and fork.

Don't do something yourself which causes your own downfall.

Dancing on someone's grave

If you will dance on someone's grave, you will outlive or outlast them and will celebrate their demise.

be (as) bashful as the grave

To be absolutely silent, abnormally as produces an apocalyptic or anxiety effect. I knew article was amiss back I absolved into the affair allowance and all the associates of the lath were bashful as the grave. I abhorrence blockage in my grandma's house. It's as bashful as the grave at nighttime, and it absolutely all-overs me out.Learn more: grave, silent

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