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
Andreas	ahn-DRE-ahs (German, Swedish), ahn-DRHAY-ahs (Dutch)	German, Greek, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Welsh, Ancient Greek, Biblical Latin, Biblical Gre
Addison	AD-i-sən	English
Yehochanan	-	Biblical Hebrew
Edmund	['edmənd]
Jaylon	JAY-lən	African American (Modern)
JevgĒŅIjs	-	Latvian