back from the dead
back from the dead
1. Reanimated after death. If you don't do exactly what I want at my funeral, I'll come back from the dead and harass you all! The doctors essentially brought the man back from the dead after his heart stopped for a full 30 minutes.
2. Reappearing or regaining popularity after a period of absence or decline. I haven't seen her in years, and now she's suddenly back from the dead, so she must want something. I bought bell-bottoms because '70s fashions are coming back from the dead.
See also: back, dead
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- come back from the dead
- from the dead
- come to life
- zombie
- zombies
- come alive
- beset
- beset with
- beset with (something)
- zombie out