be a fate worse than death

To be a very unpleasant situation or experience. This phrase is usually used hyperbolically, especially when referring to some form of punishment. It will be a fate worse than death if my parents catch me sneaking in after curfew. I appreciate Gina inviting me to go with her to the theater, but having to listen to those opera singers would be a fate worse than death.

词组	be a fate worse than death
释义	be a fate worse than death be a fate worse than death To be a very unpleasant situation or experience. This phrase is usually used hyperbolically, especially when referring to some form of punishment. It will be a fate worse than death if my parents catch me sneaking in after curfew. I appreciate Gina inviting me to go with her to the theater, but having to listen to those opera singers would be a fate worse than death. See also: death, fate, worse Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: and his mother (one's) head on a plate/platter be out for blood be out for/after (one's) scalp scalp out for blood beat off days are numbered, one's (someone's or something's) days are numbered chain to References in periodicals archive If we are not going to bring back the death penalty for murder then imprisonment for murderers should be a fate worse than death, and should only be released from prison when they come our feet first. Why we should execute killers
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