Idiom
assume room temperature
Meaning
To die; to be killed.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The old car finally assumed room temperature after years of neglect.”
“In the thriller movie, the villain warned his rival that he would assume room temperature if he did not pay the money.”
“The detective noted that the suspect had assumed room temperature long before the police arrived at the abandoned warehouse.”
Examples
simple
“The old car finally assumed room temperature after years of neglect.”
contextual
“In the thriller movie, the villain warned his rival that he would assume room temperature if he did not pay the money.”
complex
“The detective noted that the suspect had assumed room temperature long before the police arrived at the abandoned warehouse.”
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