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fate worse than death, a
fate worse than death, a
A highly undesirable occurrence, a misfortune, as in Dean thinks driving daily during rush hour is a fate worse than death. Formerly applied quite seriously to a woman's loss of virginity, this idiom today is used hyperbolically and far more loosely. [1600s]
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Ehud | | - | Biblical, Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew |
| Vulcan | | VUL-kən (English) | Roman Mythology |
| TerÉZia | | TE-ray-zee-aw (Hungarian) | Hungarian, Slovak |
| Matias | | MAH-tee-ahs (Finnish) | Finnish, Portuguese |
| YrjÖ | | UYR-yuu | Finnish |
| Binyamin | | bee-nyah-MEEN (Jewish) | Hebrew, Arabic, Biblical Hebrew |