join the choir invisible

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To die. euphemistic,humorous,intransitive
    — This parrot is no more. It has ceased to be. It's expired and gone to see its maker. This is a late parrot. It's a stiff. Bereft of life, it rests in peace. If you hadn't nailed it to the perch it would be pushing up the daisies. It's run down the curtain and joined the choir invisible. This is an ex-parrot.

词形变化

joins the choir invisible present,singular,third-person joining the choir invisible participle,present joined the choir invisible participle,past joined the choir invisible past

词源

From a poem by George Eliot, "O May I Join the Choir Invisible" (1867), further popularized by the "Dead Parrot" sketch (1969) from Monty Python's Flying Circus.
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