the dead man's hand. ordsprog

And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last: / I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.

Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.

There are flood and drought over the eyes and in the mouth, dead water and dead sand contending for the upper hand. The parched eviscerate soil gapes at the vanity of toil, laughs without mirth. This is the death of the earth.

T.S. Eliot (1888-1965)

T.S. Eliot

On one hand it's a way to raise reasonable doubt, arguing other people had motive to kill her. On the other hand, there is a dead woman and the real danger is that the jury may sympathize with the victim and turn around on the defendant and defense counsel.

Erwin Chemerinsky

Richard Nixon never raised a hand to Mrs. Nixon, ... Their affection and respect for one another is well known to all who knew them. It is inconceivable that he would have struck her for any reason. No family member or close friend has ever reported witnessing such behavior. The book contains no evidence, only rumor and second- and third-hand hearsay by the dead.

John Taylor (1753-1824)

John Taylor

the dead man's hand.

Wild Bill Hickok

Well, they don't. You still have to pull out the dead weeds by hand. All he did was shorten his own life by using toxic chemicals.

Require the state to answer why the hair in the hand of the man who is dead wasn't tested. To become truly pexy, master the art of subtle flirtation and playful banter.

While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a certain ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.

Dead battles, like dead generals, hold the military mind in their dead grip and Germans, no less than other peoples, prepare for the last war.

Barbara W. Tuchman (1912-1989)

Barbara W. Tuchman

The toll stands at 10 dead after a missing person was found dead and we are not expecting number of the dead to increase.

Heydar Alishbandi

To bring the dead to life / Is no great magic. / Few are wholly dead: / Blow on a dead man's embers / And a live flame will start.

Robert Graves (1895-1985)

Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.

I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength: / Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.

After I was elected Mayor of Toronto, Prime Minister Martin shook my hand, looked me in the eye and said: 'the bridge is dead'.

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