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way of all flesh en · NOUN
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(euphemistic) The inevitable road to death; mortality.
He abhors his decaying portrait, which pitilessly shows him the way of all flesh.
2004, Elana Gomel, “Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, and the (Un)Death of the Author”, in Narrative, volume 12, number 1, page 84:Taking a page from Court TV, some enterprising soul will start Death TV. If there are stations devoted to food, sex and weather, why not one to the way of all flesh?
1998 July 5, Maureen Dowd, “Liberties; Prime Time Dead”, in New York Times:
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go the way of all flesh