Смысл: common grave

common grave[͵kɒmənʹgreıv]
<Í> общая, братская могила

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.

Graveyard shift

If you have to work very late at night, it is the graveyard shift.

Watery grave

If someone has gone to a watery grave, they have drowned.

Whistling past the graveyard

(USA) If someone is whistling past the graveyard, they are trying to remain cheerful in difficult circumstances. ('Whistling past the cemetery' is also used.)

graveyard shift|graveyard|shift

n. phr. The work period lasting from sundown to sunup, when one has to work in the dark or by artificial light. "Why are you always so sleepy in class?" Professor Brown asked Sam. "Because I have to work the graveyard shift beside going to school," Sam answered.

one foot in the grave|foot|grave|one

n. phr. Near to death. The dog is fourteen years old, blind, and feeble. He has one foot in the grave. Grandfather has never been sick a day in his life, but Mother cares for him as if he had one foot in the grave.

turn in one's grave|grave|turn|turn over|turn over

v. phr. To be so grieved or angry that you would not rest quietly in your grave. If your grandfather could see what you're doing now, he would turn over in his grave.

grave

grave
see dig one's own grave; from the cradle to the grave; one foot in the grave, have; turn in one's grave.

one foot in the grave, have

one foot in the grave, have
Be close to death or in terrible condition, as in Jane looks as though she has one foot in the grave. This picturesque hyperbolic phrase was first recorded in 1566.

turn in one's grave

turn in one's grave
Also turn over in one's grave. Be very upset. This idiom is used only of a dead person, who in all likelihood would have been upset by developments in question, as in If she knew you'd sold her jewelry, she'd turn over in her grave. [Late 1800s]