Meaning of worm food | Babel Free

Definitions

One or more corpses, especially in a state of decay; remains.

idiomatic, uncountable

Examples

“"Say, have ye a drug that will make worm's food of your enemy in an hour?"”

“At a state clemency board hearing earlier this month, a prosecutor said that Mr. Parker once joked that he had turned the Warrens into "worm food."”

“"It's something that you want to do instead of being ashes or worm food, to be some kind of asset instead of being in the ground," she said.”

“[F]or those of us who think that the grave is the end of us, when we shall become food for worms, the sensible course is to make the most of every passing hour.”

“Texas Republican Rep. Mike Conaway said, “I can’t imagine an atheist accompanying a notification team as they go into some family’s home to let them have the worst news of their life and this guy says, ‘You know, that’s it — your son’s just worms, I mean, worm food.’””

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