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a swan's dying song

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  • swan song — A swan song is a final act before dying or ending something …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • swan song — n. 1. the sweet song supposed in ancient fable to be sung by a dying swan 2. the last act, final creative work, etc. of a person, as before retirement or death …   English World dictionary

  • swan song — swan′ song n. a final act or farewell appearance • Etymology: 1825–35; so called from the belief that the dying swan sings …   From formal English to slang

  • Swan song — The phrase swan song is a reference to an ancient belief that the Mute Swan ( Cygnus olor ) is completely mute during its lifetime until the moment just before it dies, when it sings one beautiful song.Tennyson, The Dying Swan,… …   Wikipedia

  • swan song — noun a final performance or effort (especially before retirement) • Syn: ↑last hurrah • Hypernyms: ↑performance * * * noun Etymology: translation of German schwanenlied 1. : a song of great sweetness formerly thought to be uttered by the swan… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Swan Lake — This article is about the ballet. For other uses, see Swan Lake (disambiguation). Ballets by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Swan Lake (1876) Sleeping Beauty (1889) The Nutcracker (1892) List of all compositions …   Wikipedia

  • Swan (disambiguation) — A swan is a large water bird.Swan may also refer to: Places Australia * City of Swan, a municipality in Perth, Western Australia **Division of Swan, an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives, in Western Australia, based on… …   Wikipedia

  • swan song — the last act or manifestation of someone or something; farewell appearance: This building turned out to be the swan song of Victorian architecture. [1825 35; so called from the belief that the dying swan sings] * * * …   Universalium

  • swan song — noun Date: 1831 1. a song of great sweetness said to be sung by a dying swan 2. a farewell appearance or final act or pronouncement …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • swan — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ black, white ▪ beautiful, graceful ▪ dying (figurative) SWAN + VERB ▪ float …   Collocations dictionary

  • swan song — Synonyms and related words: PS, Parthian shot, Z, addendum, afterthought, apodosis, appendix, back matter, benefit, bill, catastrophe, ceasing, cessation, chant du cygne, choral service, chorus, coda, codicil, colophon, conclusion, consequence,… …   Moby Thesaurus

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