quick and the dead

The living and the dead, as in The explosion was loud enough to wake the quick and the dead. Although quick has been used for "living" since the 9th century a.d., it survives only in this idiom and in cut to the quick, and may be obsolescent.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Lois (1)	LO-is (English)	English, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Alvy	['ælvi]
EiŽEns	-	Latvian
Boyka	-	Bulgarian
Euanthe	-	Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology
Paquita	-	Spanish