"six feet under" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Audio: En-au-six feet under.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: Six feet refers to the traditional depth to which graves are dug. (Actual grave depths today may vary.) Head templates: {{head|en|adjective}} six feet under
  1. (idiomatic, euphemistic) Buried underground; not alive; dead. Wikipedia link: six feet under Tags: euphemistic, idiomatic Related terms: put to bed with a shovel Translations (Translations): mullan alla (Finnish), six pieds sous terre (French), a sete palmos (Portuguese), sete palmos abaixo da terra (Portuguese)
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