way of all flesh

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

The inevitable road to death; mortality.

Examples

“Taking a page from Court TV, some enterprising soul will start ⟳ Death TV. If there are stations devoted to food, sex and weather, why not one to the way of all flesh?”

“He abhors his decaying portrait, which pitilessly shows him the way of all flesh.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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See also

way of life Way of St. James Way of the Cross way of the world way of thinking way out

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