Bill: I'll never recover from losing Nancy. Fred: Nonsense. There is a remedy for everything except death.
•Whenever Linda despaired, she sternly reminded herself that there is a remedy for everything except death.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
there is a remedy for everything except death — Cf. medieval L. contra malum mortis, non est medicamen in hortis, against the evil of death there is no remedy in the garden. c 1430 J. LYDGATE Dance of Machabree (EETS) 1. 432 Agens deeth is worth [useful] no medicine. 1573 J. SANFORDE Garden of … Proverbs new dictionary
everything — see everything has an end all things come to those who wait when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail money isn’t everything a place for everything, and everything in its place there is a re … Proverbs new dictionary
death — see death is the great leveller death pays all debts cowards die many times before their death nothing is certain but death and taxes there is a remedy for everything except death … Proverbs new dictionary
remedy — see there is a remedy for everything except death desperate diseases must have desperate remedies … Proverbs new dictionary
death — /deth/, n. 1. the act of dying; the end of life; the total and permanent cessation of all the vital functions of an organism. Cf. brain death. 2. an instance of this: a death in the family; letters published after his death. 3. the state of being … Universalium
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