go the way of all flesh
Meet one's end
Go the way of all flesh means to die.
The phrase is biblical in origin and literary in tone, treating death as the inevitable fate shared by all living things.
It extends to anything that has ended or become obsolete: The corner bookstore has gone the way of all flesh.
The expression adds gravity or ironic formality to descriptions of demise.
- Grim ReaperSkeletal embodiment of mortality
- pass awayEuphemism for dying
- give up the ghostDie or stop functioning
- rest in peaceEpitaph blessing for deceased
- kiss of deathUltimately ruinous act
skull and crossbones · memento mori · danse macabre · fey · perish · succumb · breathe one's last · last breath · shuffle off this mortal coil · mortality · demise · finitude · one foot in the grave · put to the sword · decease · cease to exist · expire · die
go the way of all fleshimmortality
Exemption from death
eternal life · live on · cheat death · survive · endure
go the way of all fleshstand the test of time
Remain valued across eras
endure · persist · survive · remain · stay the course