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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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BMO  #51068  Tue, 19 Oct 04 03:24 PM
thanks a million.
  
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