- as quiet as a grave
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Lewis & Short latin dictionary. 2014.
as quiet as a grave
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quiet as the grave — (as) quiet as the grave see grave I … Useful english dictionary
grave — [adj1] serious; gloomy cold sober*, deadpan*, dignified, dour, dull, earnest, grim, grimfaced, heavy, leaden, long faced, meaningful, muted, no nonsense*, ponderous, quiet, sad, sage, saturnine, sedate, sober, solemn, somber, staid, strictly… … New thesaurus
grave — 01. After he died, he was buried in a [grave] in a quiet spot under a tree. 02. The family stood beside the [grave] of the old man, and talked about all the wonderful times they had spent together. 03. He is going to go to an early [grave] if he… … Grammatical examples in English
grave — grave1 [greıv] n [: Old English; Origin: grAf] 1.) the place in the ground where a dead body is buried →↑tomb ▪ At the head of the grave there was a small wooden cross. 2.) the grave literary death ▪ He took that secret to the grave … Dictionary of contemporary English
grave — ♦♦♦ graves, graver, gravest (Pronounced [[t]gre͟ɪv[/t]], except for meaning 5, when it is pronounced [[t]grɑ͟ːv[/t]].) 1) N COUNT A grave is a place where a dead person is buried. They used to visit her grave twice a year. 2) N COUNT: oft to N,… … English dictionary
grave — 1 noun (C) 1 the place in the ground where a dead body is buried compare tomb 2 the grave especially literary death: Had his spirit returned from the grave to haunt them? 3 sb would turn/spin in their grave used to say that someone who is dead… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
grave — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. sepulcher, tomb, mausoleum; death.See interment. adj. important, weighty, serious; sedate, dignified; momentous, solemn; dull, somber. See dejection, importance, inexcitability. II (Roget s IV) modif … English dictionary for students
grave — I. v. a. 1. Engrave, imprint, infix, impress deeply. 2. Carve, form by cutting. II. n. Pit (for a dead body), sepulchre, tomb, ossuary, charnel house, narrow house, long home. III. a. 1. Important, weighty, serious, momentous, cogent, of great… … New dictionary of synonyms
quiet — I n 1. silence, stillness, hush; soundlessness, noiselessness, quietness, quietude; tranquillity, serenity, placidity, imperturbation, calmness, calm; quiescence, peacefulness, peace; ease, repose, rest. 2. pause, lull, break, halt, standstill,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
silent as the grave — I (as) silent (or quiet) as the grave extremely quiet II (as) silent as the grave see grave I … Useful english dictionary
Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep — (Ne pleure pas devant ma tombe) est un poème écrit au XXe siècle. Sa version japonaise, chantée par le ténor Masafumi Akikawa, particulièrement émouvante, a été en tête des ventes en janvier 2006 au Japon, où il est chanté pour réconforter… … Wikipédia en Français
