baleful as death
(as) baleful as death
Dangerous and dire. The storm has made the waves baleful as death—I'm not sure we'll reach the shore alive.
See also: baleful, death
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
*baleful as death
promising evil; very threatening. (*Also: as ~.) The wind's moan was as baleful as death. His voice sounded baleful as death.
See also: baleful, death
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- (as) baleful as death
- baleful
- death
- like death warmed over
- between life and death
- dance with death
- brush with death
- be bored to death
- be put to death
- from the dead