Difference between revisions of "Doornail"

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Phrase: dead as a doornail
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* '''as dead as a doornail''' (''phrase'') → metonymy
  
Death's door
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* '''at Death's door:''' (''phrase'') on one's deathbed
  
Finnegan's Wake song
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* '''Do ye think me dead?''' (''song'') ''[[Finnegan's Wake]]''
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[[Category:Song lyrics]]

Revision as of 11:07, 21 November 2007

  • as dead as a doornail (phrase) → metonymy
  • at Death's door: (phrase) on one's deathbed