a living death
living death
A life full of pain or suffering. It's a shame that some men treat marriage and family life like a living death. If I ever lost my independence due to injury or illness, it would be a living death. I don't like relying on other people.
See also: death, living
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
a living death
If someone's life is described as a living death, their quality of life is extremely poor. For nearly four years he has lain in a coma, trapped in what one doctor described as a `living death'. To be betrayed as you were betrayed is a living death.
See also: death, living
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.
- living death
- cannot for the life of me/him/her/us/them
- can't for the life of me
- life
- give (one's) life
- the light of (one's) life
- the light of somebody's life
- the light of your life
- rise from the dead
- not give a stuff