join the great majority

1. To have or adopt the same opinion or position as most other people, groups, or things. Usually followed by "of" and the group being specified. Ours is the only nation that has yet to join the great majority of countries standing in solidarity on this issue.

2. euphemism To die. Used humorously. I'll be playing a gig next Saturday, assuming of course I don't join the great majority between now and then. A: "I heard you were back in Cleveland last week." B: "Oh yeah, some distant relative joined the great majority. Had to show my face for the funeral."

join the great majority

die. euphemistic

This expression was first used by the poet Edward Young ( 1683–1765 ): ‘Death joins us to the great majority’. However, the idea of the dead being ‘the majority’ is a very old one; it is found, for example, in the writings of the Roman satirist Petronius as abiit ad plures : ‘he's gone to join the majority’.

词组	join the great majority
释义	join the great majority join the great majority 1. To have or adopt the same opinion or position as most other people, groups, or things. Usually followed by "of" and the group being specified. Ours is the only nation that has yet to join the great majority of countries standing in solidarity on this issue. 2. euphemism To die. Used humorously. I'll be playing a gig next Saturday, assuming of course I don't join the great majority between now and then. A: "I heard you were back in Cleveland last week." B: "Oh yeah, some distant relative joined the great majority. Had to show my face for the funeral." See also: great, join, majority Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. join the great majority die. euphemistic This expression was first used by the poet Edward Young ( 1683–1765 ): ‘Death joins us to the great majority’. However, the idea of the dead being ‘the majority’ is a very old one; it is found, for example, in the writings of the Roman satirist Petronius as abiit ad plures : ‘he's gone to join the majority’. See also: great, join, majority Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: majority be around stoop to conquer like breeds like piece of change see you then (I'll) see you then open day agreement agreement in principle References in periodicals archive November 5, 2012 (JUBA) - The death penalty debate in South Sudan has gone global, with a group of South Sudanese and human rights groups urging the young nation to join the great majority of United Nations members that have abolished the death penalty in either law or practice by placing a moratorium on all executions. South Sudan: Campaign to abolish death penalty goes global People used to speak of the deceased as having "gone to join the great majority". THE PENSIONER
随便看	not a clue (not) a dicky bird not a dicky bird not a dog's chance not a dry eye in the house Not again! not a ghost of a chance not a glimmer not a glimmer (of something) not agree with not agree with (someone or something) not a hair out of place not a happy bunny not a hope not a hope in hell not a hundred/thousand/million miles away not a hundred/thousand/million miles away/from here not a jot not a kid anymore not a little not a living soul not a living soul in sight not all black and white not all, everything, etc. somebody/something is cracked up to be not all is cracked up to be