Meaning of go the way of all flesh | Babel Free

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To die; to follow a course leading to death or extinction.

euphemistic

Examples

“[T]hough the body be going the vvay of all fleſh, yet that ſoule is going the vvay of all Saints.”

“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 that had gone the way of all flesh.”

“What could one do? Buy them and stick them in a lumber-room? No; they had to go the way of all flesh and furniture, and be worn out.”

“On the U.S. West Coast, the clubs and restaurants that feature topless female entertainers and waitresses also seemed to be going the way of all flesh. In Los Angeles, 20% of the joints have closed.”

“Laurence of Oxford went the way of all flesh on the gallows.”

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