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under the sod

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  • under the sod — ► under the sod dead and buried. Main Entry: ↑sod …   English terms dictionary

  • under the sod — dead and buried. → sod …   English new terms dictionary

  • put under the sod —    dead    And presumably buried:     Charlie, who was put under the sod, poor chap, a year come Michaelmas... (Pease, 1894)    To put underground is to kill:     If you don t keep quiet for ten minutes, I ll put you underground too. (G. Greene,… …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • under the sod — dead, passed away …   English contemporary dictionary

  • under the sod — dead and buried in a grave …   Useful english dictionary

  • under the daisies —    dead    And buried. Also as under the sod, under the grass, underground, or undersod:     If he dhraws thim mountainy men down on me, I may as well go under the sod. (Somerville and Ross, 1908)     You can live there when I m underground,… …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • sod — Ⅰ. sod [1] ► NOUN 1) grass covered ground; turf. 2) a piece of turf. ● under the sod Cf. ↑under the sod ORIGIN Dutch or Low German sode. Ⅱ …   English terms dictionary

  • sod — sod1 [säd] vt., vi. obs. pt. of SEETHE sod2 [säd] n. [ME, prob. < MDu or MLowG sode, akin to OFris sada, satha] 1. a surface layer of earth containing grass plants with their matted roots; turf; sward 2. a piece of this layer vt …   English World dictionary

  • sod — 1. n. & v. n. 1 turf or a piece of turf. 2 the surface of the ground. v.tr. (sodded, sodding) cover (the ground) with sods. Phrases and idioms: under the sod in the grave. Etymology: ME f. MDu., MLG sode, of unkn. orig. 2. n. & v. esp. Brit.… …   Useful english dictionary

  • SOD — 1. n. & v. n. 1 turf or a piece of turf. 2 the surface of the ground. v.tr. (sodded, sodding) cover (the ground) with sods. Phrases and idioms: under the sod in the grave. Etymology: ME f. MDu., MLG sode, of unkn. orig. 2. n. & v. esp. Brit.… …   Useful english dictionary

  • sod — sod1 noun turf. ↘a piece of turf. verb (sods, sodding, sodded) rare cover with turf or pieces of turf. Phrases under the sod dead and buried. Origin ME: from MDu., Mid. Low Ger. sode, of unknown ultimate origin. sod2 vulgar slang …   English new terms dictionary

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