marble orchard

marble orchard

1. A cemetery. (A reference to headstones and monuments.) My wife and I went to book a plot of land in the marble orchard for when the time comes.
2. A yard or other area featuring many statues. The bizarre site on the outskirts of the city is a marble orchard where the visages and iconography of the former regime have been preserved in stone.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

marble orchard

a cemetery. informal humorous
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Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

marble orchard

and Marble City
n. a cemetery. I already bought a little plot in a marble orchard. There is a huge Marble City south of town.
See also: marble, orchard
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • marble city
  • bone orchard
  • under cover of (something)
  • under cover of something
  • PITBY
  • orchard
  • NIMBY
  • marble dome
  • under cover
  • a graven image
References in periodicals archive
The queen's story is just one of the many intriguing narratives found among Rose Hill Cemetery's marble orchard. Every fall, more than 100 costumed volunteers present the stories of Rose Hill's famous residents.
Rose Hill remembrance
From the opening track - the surf guitar instrumental "Marble Orchard" - everything moves at a breakneck pace, particularly John Kozick's guitar, which speeds out in a thrilling, Dick-Dale-on-overdrive fashion, before the whole thing's brought back to Earth in a shower of drums.
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