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die a thousand deaths
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die a thousand deaths (三人称単数 現在形 dies a thousand deaths, 現在分詞 dying a thousand deaths, 過去形および過去分詞形 died a thousand deaths)
- (rhetorical) To die many times over (usually as preferred over some other undesirable action または occurrence).
- (idiomatic) To suffer repeatedly (often mentally rather than physically); to suffer extreme embarrassment or anxiety.
- 1884, Tamenaga Shunsui, chapter 12, in Edward Greey, Shiuichiro Saito, transl., The Loyal Ronins[2], New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, page 81:
- […] his enormous wealth yielded him no happiness, his suspicious soul feared a traitoress in each of his beautiful attendants, he trusted no one but his chief-councillor, Sir Small-grove, and while waiting for the just retribution he knew must sooner or later follow his crime, died a thousand deaths.
- 1961, Dominic Behan, chapter 8, in Tell Dublin I Miss Her[3], New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, page 79:
- As she looked in the mirror over the fireplace that she might settle her hat-pin straight, she noticed that in touching the china dog she had disturbed the mantle cloth, and in so doing had exposed her hoard of pawn-tickets. Thanks be to God I noticed that, had anyone come in I’d have died a thousand deaths.
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