For the prisoner, his lonely life felt like a living death.
living death
idiomA condition of suffering, solitude, or impairment so extreme as to deprive one's existence of all happiness and meaning.
After the accident left him unable to move or speak, he described his existence as a living death.
Trapped in a cycle of endless, repetitive labor with no hope for change, the worker found his daily routine to be a living death.
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article of death
The moment of death.
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catch one's death
To contract a serious illness, especially a nasty cold or other respiratory ailment and especially as a result of exposure to wet or chilly weather.
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death and taxes
Something which is totally certain.
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death by a thousand paper cuts
An ultimate negative outcome, such as the failure of a project, brought about by an excessive number of bureaucratic hurdles.
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death by PowerPoint
The boredom or disengagement that an audience experiences from poorly designed or overly verbose presentations using any type of presentation software.
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don't call me sir, I work for a living
Used by senior enlisted military personnel to indicate that they are not commissioned officers.
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kiss of death
Something that may seem good and favorable but that actually brings ruin to hopes, plans, etc.
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knock the living daylights out of
To beat or strike someone.