Idiom
dance on nothing
Meaning
To be hanged.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The thief feared he would dance on nothing by morning.”
“The judge sentenced the prisoner to dance on nothing for his crimes against the crown.”
“The condemned man walked toward the gallows, knowing that within the hour he would dance on nothing before the gathered crowd.”
Examples
simple
“The thief feared he would dance on nothing by morning.”
contextual
“The judge sentenced the prisoner to dance on nothing for his crimes against the crown.”
complex
“The condemned man walked toward the gallows, knowing that within the hour he would dance on nothing before the gathered crowd.”
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