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quick and the dead
Idioms and Phrases
The living and the dead, as in The explosion was loud enough to wake the quick and the dead . Although quick has been used for “living” since the 9th century a.d. , it survives only in this idiom and in cut to the quick , and may be obsolescent.Example Sentences
Genre legend Sam Raimi, known for “Evil Dead” and “Spider-Man,” will also be in person with a triple feature of “Darkman,” “The Quick and the Dead” and “Drag Me to Hell.”
“We wrote this song, ‘The Quick and the Dead,’ and it had some strange chords in there that I’d never heard of in my life,” Hemby said.
He starred in the movie “Tombstone” and TV movies including “The Quick and the Dead” and “The Shadow Riders.”
The choice is between the quick and the dead.
The choice is between the quick and the dead.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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