IdiomDaily Life
English
Englishgrim reaper
Meaning: Death.
Example: “In the old painting, the grim reaper stands at the door with his scythe.”
Origin: Death has been pictured as a skeleton or cloaked figure with a scythe since the Middle Ages, harvesting lives as a farmer reaps grain; the image spread in art after the Black Death. The name "grim reaper" is recorded from the 19th century.
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