life-in-death
/lʌɪfɪnˈdɛθ/Chiefly literary
noun
A condition of being or seeming to be neither alive nor dead, a phantom state between life and death; (in extended use) something having the form or appearance of the supernatural, an apparition, a spectre.
Origin
Late 16th century; earliest use found in William Shakespeare (1564–1616), playwright and poet. From life + in + death.
- get one's shit together
- get one's skates on
- get one's tongue round
- get one's wires crossed
- get one's wires (or lines) crossed
- get on (or along) like a house on fire
- get on someone's nerves
- get on someone's tits
- get on someone's wick
- get on to
- get on top of
- get (or be) even
- get (or be given) a guernsey
- get (or be given) the gate
- get (or be) in on the act
- get (or be or go) beyond a joke
- get (or be) shot of
- get (or be) spliced
- get (or catch) it in the neck
- get (or give someone) a fair shake
- get (or give someone) ideas
- get (or give someone) the hook
- get (or give someone) the push (or shove)
- get (or go) back to nature
- get (or go) nowhere