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dead men's shoes
dead men's shoes
dead men's shoes
A position or entitlement that will only be achieved by someone's death. Derived from the proverb, "It's ill waiting for dead men's shoes."
Dead men's shoes are about the only high-paying positions one can hope for in these tough economic times.
See also:
dead
,
shoe
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Gender
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Faruk
-
Turkish, Arabic
Myfanwy
-
Welsh
Feodor
-
Russian
Sheehan
['ʃi:ən]
Stanislava
stah-nee-SLAH-vah
(Russian)
Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Russian, Medieval Slavic
Jeni
JEN-ee
English (Modern)
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