quick and the dead Idiom
quick and the dead
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.
the quick and the dead
Those animate and asleep alike. Often acclimated figuratively. ("Quick" has the ancient acceptation of "alive" in this phrase.) Today we pay our respects as a nation for the quick and the asleep who accept fought, and abide to fight, for our abandon and safety. In this new, bloodthirsty market, there are alone two categories of company—the quick and the dead.Learn more: and, dead, quickquick and the dead
The active and the dead, as in The access was loud abundant to deathwatch the quick and the dead. Although quick has been acclimated for "living" aback the 9th aeon a.d., it survives alone in this argot and in cut to the quick, and may be obsolescent. Learn more: and, dead, quickquick and the dead, the
The active and the dead. The chat quick for “living” was acclimated as far aback as King Alfred’s time (cwicum in Middle English, ca. a.d. 897) but is rarely acclimated in this acceptation nowadays, except in this cliché and in cut to the quick. Amélie Rives acclimated it as the appellation of her atypical The Quick or the Asleep (1888). A few decades after Britain’s Lord Dewar is quoted as saying, “There are two classes of pedestrians in these canicule of adventuresome motor traffic: the quick and the dead” (in George Robey, Looking Aback on Life, 1933).Learn more: and, quick