Idiom
lose the number of one's mess
Meaning
To die, to perish.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The old soldier finally lost the number of his mess.”
“After a long and difficult life, the captain eventually lost the number of his mess in his sleep.”
“The weary traveler, having survived countless battles, finally lost the number of his mess amidst the quiet solitude of the winter woods.”
Examples
simple
“The old soldier finally lost the number of his mess.”
contextual
“After a long and difficult life, the captain eventually lost the number of his mess in his sleep.”
complex
“The weary traveler, having survived countless battles, finally lost the number of his mess amidst the quiet solitude of the winter woods.”
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