"cold in one's grave" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} cold in one's grave (not comparable)
  1. Dead (usually used in a hyperbolic or metaphorical setting). Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-cold_in_one's_grave-en-adj-CzLXvc8v
  2. (chiefly in the negative) Having died a reasonable length of time ago (usually used to suggest that an unseemly short amount of time for a particular purpose has passed since a person's death). Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-cold_in_one's_grave-en-adj-qh9LOVXl Categories (other): English negative polarity items, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 87 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 95
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