grave

Related to grave: grave accent
See:
  • (as) quiet as a mouse
  • (as) quiet as the grave
  • (as) silent as the grave
  • be (as) silent as the grave
  • carry a secret to (one's)/the grave
  • carry a secret to the grave
  • cradle-to-grave
  • dig (one's) own grave
  • dig (oneself) an early grave
  • dig (someone) an early grave
  • dig one's own grave
  • dig own grave
  • dig your own grave
  • drive (oneself) to an early grave
  • drive (someone) to an early grave
  • early grave
  • from the cradle to the grave
  • go to (one's) grave
  • grave-dancer
  • gravel-pounder
  • have one foot in the grave
  • make (one) turn over in (one's) grave
  • one foot in the grave
  • one foot in the grave, have
  • quiet as a mouse and *quiet as the grave
  • rise from the dead
  • rise from the grave
  • roll (over) in (one's) grave
  • send (someone) to an early grave
  • silent as the dead
  • silent as the grave
  • someone (has) walked over (one's) grave
  • someone is walking over (one's) grave
  • spin in (one's) grave
  • swear on (one's) mother's grave
  • swear on a stack of Bibles
  • take (something) to the grave
  • take a/the secret to (one's)/the grave
  • take it to grave
  • take the secret to the grave
  • this side of the grave
  • turn (over) in (one's) grave
  • turn in grave
  • turn in his, her, etc. grave
  • turn in one's grave
  • turn in their grave
  • turn over in one's grave, (enough to make one)
  • would turn in your grave
References in classic literature
When the grave had been filled with earth the little party turned back toward the cabin, and Esmeralda, still weeping copiously for the two she had never heard of before today, and who had been dead twenty years, chanced to glance toward the harbor.
Tarzan of the Apes
When we reached the grave, it looked a very little spot in that snow-covered waste.
My Antonia
The whisper died wholly out, now, for the three men had reached the grave and stood within a few feet of the boys' hiding-place.
Tom Sawyer
'He took off his coat, set down his lantern, and getting into the unfinished grave, worked at it for an hour or so with right good- will.
The Posthumous Papers Of The Pickwick Club
"But not knowing the right name, by what happy inspiration did you find the right grave? The man who told me what the name was said it had been cut on the headboard."
Can Such Things Be
Fairlie's grave, and to examine the ground about it."
The Woman in White
"This time last night you never thought you'd be digging Pat's grave to-night," sighed Felicity.
The Golden Road
Nicholas road, was a grave, and it had a tragic story.
Tramp Abroad
Her gentle and timid spirit sinks within her; and, turning away from the window, she sits down in the great chair and wonders whereabouts in the wilderness her friends will dig her grave.
Grandfathers Chair
"For it was you," added this pitiless friend of the dead, - "it was you who sped these two men to the grave."
The Man in the Iron Mask
She drew near and asked one of them whose grave it was.
The Old Curiosity Shop
Seated, as in life, with his form and limbs arranged in grave and decent composure, Uncas appeared, arrayed in the most gorgeous ornaments that the wealth of the tribe could furnish.
Last of The Mohicans
Come, children; we have the grave to make, and then to hunt his murderer."
The Prairie
Carey often stopped at the bank to deliver a message to Josiah Graves, the manager, who was choir-master, treasurer, and churchwarden.
Of Human Bondage
"Because," said the Man Leaning on a Spade, "I belong to the Gravediggers' National Extortion Society, and we have decided to limit the production of graves and get more money for the reduced output.
Fantastic Fables