be food for worms

be food for worms
(be food for worms (тж. уст. be meat for worms или be worm's meat))
"быть пищей для червей", быть мёртвым, похороненным [be food for worms шекспировское выражение; см. цитату]

Hotspur: "...O! I could prophesy, But that the earthy and cold hand of death Lies on my tongue: - No, Percy, thou art dust, And food for -" Prince Henry: "For worms, brave Percy: Fare thee well, great heart!" (W. Shakespeare, ‘King Henry IV’, part I, act V, sc. 4) — Готспер: "О, как бы мог теперь я прорицать, Когда б мне языка не тяжелила Землистой ледяной рукою смерть! Теперь ты, Перси, прах. Теперь ты пища..." Принц Генри: ""Червей", - хотел ты, видимо, сказать? Прощай, храбрец, прощай, большое сердце!" (перевод Б. Пастернака)

The pedlar is no ornament to the world while he lives, and dead he would at least make food for worms. That is my opinion. (D. du Maurier, ‘Jamaica Inn’, ch. 16) — Живой этот коробейник не много стоит, а мертвый по крайней мере будет червей кормить. Так я думаю.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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