glass coffin
Crystal burial vessel
A glass coffin is a transparent casket, whether literal or figurative.
The phrase appears in fairy tales—Snow White lies in one—and occasionally describes actual display coffins used for viewing preserved bodies.
Figuratively, it suggests being visible but trapped, on display but unable to act: She felt like she was in a glass coffin, watched by everyone but heard by no one.
- crystalOrdered-atom solid
- see throughDiscern despite disguise
- Snow WhiteGrimm's fairest maiden
- seven dwarfsFairy tale mining group
- fairy taleMagical children's narrative
fairytale · transparent · casket · sleeping · eternal sleep · princess · death · enchanted · burial · display · preserved · lying in state · open casket · delicate · fragile · lid · corpse · viewing
- Snow Whitemagic mirror, poison apple, Prince Charming, Mirror Mirror
glass coffinclosed casket
Burial container kept shut
wooden coffin · burial vault · unmarked grave · mass grave · potter's field
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