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I die a thousand deaths.
I die a thousand deaths.
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BMO
#50943 Mon, 18 Oct 04 06:53 PM
what is "I die a thousand deaths?" thanks.
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MrPedantic
#50968 Tue, 19 Oct 04 12:44 AM
Hello BMO
This is a compact way of saying 'I am subject to a large
number of unpleasant experiences, each of which is as bad as
dying'.
It usually applies to mental phenomena, e.g. the thoughts that
precede an occasion that is going to be extremely painful.
It's quite a melodramatic phrase, and would usually only be found
in a highly rhetorical context.
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One hundred = One thousand ?
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BMO
#51068 Tue, 19 Oct 04 03:24 PM
thanks a million.
BMO
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