Idiom
die the way one lived
Meaning
To die because of or after doing something characteristic of oneself, especially something that one enjoyed doing.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The old sailor died the way he lived, out on the open sea.”
“The daredevil pilot died the way he lived, pushing his plane to the absolute limit during a final air show.”
“Known for his reckless pursuit of adventure, the explorer ultimately died the way he lived, lost in the remote mountains he had spent his entire life trying to conquer.”
Examples
simple
“The old sailor died the way he lived, out on the open sea.”
contextual
“The daredevil pilot died the way he lived, pushing his plane to the absolute limit during a final air show.”
complex
“Known for his reckless pursuit of adventure, the explorer ultimately died the way he lived, lost in the remote mountains he had spent his entire life trying to conquer.”
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