breathe one's last

Die, as in Aunt Agatha breathed her last on Tuesday. This term was used by Shakespeare in 3 Henry VI (5:2): "Montague has breathed his last." It has survived but today is considered a poetic euphemism.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Jesusa	-	Spanish
LommÁN	-	Irish
Stace	-	Medieval English
Marzanna (1)	-	Polish
Rowland	['rəulənd]
Mahmud	-	Arabic, Persian, Pashto, Bengali, Indonesian, Malay