Idiom
valley of the shadow of death
Meaning
A very dangerous place.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He felt like he was in the valley of the shadow of death.”
“The soldiers knew they were entering the valley of the shadow of death as they crossed the dangerous border.”
“Trapped behind enemy lines with no supplies, the small group felt as though they were walking through the valley of the shadow of death.”
Examples
simple
“He felt like he was in the valley of the shadow of death.”
contextual
“The soldiers knew they were entering the valley of the shadow of death as they crossed the dangerous border.”
complex
“Trapped behind enemy lines with no supplies, the small group felt as though they were walking through the valley of the shadow of death.”
Origin
From Psalm 23 of the Book of Psalms. "Shadow of death" is a calque of Hebrew צלמות.
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