one's last resting place

(one's) last resting place

The location where one's body is interred after death. After I die, I want my ashes to be buried with the seed of an oak, so that instead of a headstone, I might have a new, living tree mark my last resting place.
See also: last, place, resting
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

one's last resting place

Euph. one's grave. Daddy has gone to his last resting place. I want to be beside her in her last resting place. One's luck runs Out Fig. one's good luck stops. My luck ran out, so I had to come home. She will quit gambling when her luck runs out.
See also: last, place, resting
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • (one's) final resting place
  • (one's) last resting place
  • resting
  • a/(one's) 20
  • dead 'n' buried
  • wear sackcloth and ashes
  • sackcloth
  • in sackcloth and ashes
  • put on sackcloth and ashes
  • put on, wear, etc. sackcloth and ashes
References in periodicals archive
When you are grieving it offers a little comfort that your loved one's last resting place is beautiful.
It is very upsetting for people to see their loved one's last resting place in such a state.