grim reaper
Meaning: Death.
Language: English
Literally: (Already vivid in English)
Category: Daily Life
Origin: The expression originates from the literary depiction of death as a hooded grim figure carrying a scythe (a farm tool made with a long, curved blade attached at an angle to a long handle). He uses the scythe to `reap' people.
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