Idiom
worm food
Meaning
One or more corpses, especially in a state of decay; remains.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“If you do not lock the gate, the flowers will become worm food.”
“The old, fallen tree in the forest is slowly becoming worm food as it decays into the soil.”
“The soldier stared at the battlefield, grimly aware that many of his comrades would soon be nothing more than worm food.”
Examples
simple
“If you do not lock the gate, the flowers will become worm food.”
contextual
“The old, fallen tree in the forest is slowly becoming worm food as it decays into the soil.”
complex
“The soldier stared at the battlefield, grimly aware that many of his comrades would soon be nothing more than worm food.”
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