QUICK AND THE DEAD Definition & Meaning

quick and the dead

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Idioms and Phrases

The living and the dead, as in The explosion was loud enough to wake the quick and the dead . Although quick has been used for “living” since the 9th century a.d. , it survives only in this idiom and in cut to the quick , and may be obsolescent.

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Genre legend Sam Raimi, known for “Evil Dead” and “Spider-Man,” will also be in person with a triple feature of “Darkman,” “The Quick and the Dead” and “Drag Me to Hell.”

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“We wrote this song, ‘The Quick and the Dead,’ and it had some strange chords in there that I’d never heard of in my life,” Hemby said.

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He starred in the movie “Tombstone” and TV movies including “The Quick and the Dead” and “The Shadow Riders.”

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The choice is between the quick and the dead.

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The choice is between the quick and the dead.

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