God’s acre
God's acre
A nickname for a church graveyard. The phrase comes from the German word Gottesacker, meaning "God's field" or "God's seed field," an allusion to the notion that believers are "sown" in it. Well, we'll all be buried in God's acre someday.
See also: acre
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
God’s acre
n. a cemetery. When I end up in God’s acre, I want everything to go on without me.
See also: acre
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- God's acre
- come from left field
- come out of left field
- reverse (one's) field
- reverse field
- Puppy Bowl
- from left field
- field a question
- take the field
- fair