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six feet under

Dead and buried, as in No, you can't read my diary—not until I'm six feet under. Although this expression alludes to what has long been the traditional depth of a grave, that is, approximately the same as the length of the coffin, it dates only from the mid-1900s.

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The dark dramedy “Six Feet Under” also revolved around a dysfunctional family generations in the embalming business.

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Our memories of the fathers on "The Sopranos" and "Six Feet Under" may have faded under the glaring, angry light of more recent lions.

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Some are navigable, as we saw in “Six Feet Under.”

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Sentamu responded: "I'll do it again. I'll do it to your mum. Do you want to end up like her, six feet under?"

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Had May not gone to the hospital, “I would have been six feet under that night,” he said.

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