- not a living soul
- not a living soulFig. nobody. (See some of the possible variations in the examples.) •
I won't tell anybody—not a living soul.
•I won't tell a living soul.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
not a living soul
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not a living soul — phrase no one at all You must never tell a living soul about this. Thesaurus: nothing, none and no onesynonym everything and including everythingsynonym Main entry: living … Useful english dictionary
not a living soul — no one at all You must never tell a living soul about this … English dictionary
soul — W3S3 [səul US soul] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(somebody s spirit)¦ 2¦(person)¦ 3¦(music)¦ 4¦(sense of beauty)¦ 5¦(special quality)¦ 6 be the soul of discretion 7 be good for the soul 8 God rest his/her soul 9¦(people in a place)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
soul — noun 1 SPIRIT (C) the spiritual part of a person that is believed to continue to exist after they die: A prayer was said for the souls of those who had died in the accident. 2 INNER CHARACTER (singular) the part of a person that contains their… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
living — liv|ing1 [ lıvıŋ ] adjective count *** 1. ) usually before noun alive at the present time: He has no living relatives. She s arguably the sexiest living movie star. a ) the living all the people who are alive 2. ) only before noun living… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
living — I UK [ˈlɪvɪŋ] / US adjective *** 1) a) [usually before noun] alive at the present time He has no living relatives. She s arguably the sexiest living film star. b) the living all the people who are alive 2) [only before noun] living creatures are… … English dictionary
soul — /soʊl / (say sohl) noun 1. the principle of life, feeling, thought, and action in humans, regarded as a distinct entity separate from the body, and commonly held to be separable in existence from the body; the spiritual part of humans as distinct …
Soul — For other uses, see Soul (disambiguation). A soul – in certain spiritual, philosophical, and psychological traditions – is the incorporeal essence of a person or living thing or object.[1] Many philosophical and spiritual systems teach… … Wikipedia
SOUL, IMMORTALITY OF — In the Bible Unlike the gods of Mesopotamia and Canaan, e.g., Apsu, Tiamat, Baal, and Mot, who, while they could not die a natural death, could incur a violent one, the God of Israel is the living God (Hos. 2:1; Ps. 18:47). His lordship extends… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
soul — noun 1 part of sb believed to exist after body is dead ADJECTIVE ▪ eternal, immortal ▪ dead ▪ The messenger god, Hermes, leads dead souls into the underworld. ▪ damned ▪ … Collocations dictionary
soul — soullike, adj. /sohl/, n. 1. the principle of life, feeling, thought, and action in humans, regarded as a distinct entity separate from the body, and commonly held to be separable in existence from the body; the spiritual part of humans as… … Universalium
