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APAD: Like death warmed up.

7grizzly
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Meaning:

To look totally exhausted or ill.

 

Background:

The earliest use found is in the Soldier's War Slang Dictionary, published in

1939.

 

Soon after Ngaio Marsh used it in Death and the Dancing Footman (942): "I look

like death warmed up and what I feel is nobody's business."

 

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For the classroom fatty, PE tests were a daymare. He'd fail everything: running,

jumping, shot-putting, pullups, pushups, ab curls, you name it.

 

He dreaded the most the 1000 meter run where the boys set off for two and a half

laps. It felt all too soon that everyone else finished in time and in grace and

he alone was left in a humiliating race with himself. Here, he was paying for

yesterday's top spots in English and math, for which he had paid dearly and now

he was paying more. Under a scorching afternoon sky, a short plump kid inched

his way along the baked dusty dirt track, his heart thumping, his head aching,

and every step a shot of pain, toward the degrading and inevitable F.

 

As long as he didn't quit, the teacher had to wait just to record a failing time

at the finish line. A few classmates would circusee in the nearby shade,

watching death warmed up. Even the giggles from the girls playing across the

field sounded condemning: "You, the clumsy boy who made last, nobody wants you.

You are out of the gene pool."

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最西边的岛上
2 楼
I feel for him as I failed running&throwing in mid. school 2
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移花接木
3 楼
还没凉透,是不是可以再抢救一下?这世界对胖子总是满满的恶意。与胖子tug of war如何?
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暖冬cool夏
4 楼
A very vivid description of that experience. Love it!
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7grizzly
5 楼
Thank you! Yes. Such an early experience shapes a person.
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7grizzly
6 楼
Of course :-) but 胖 != strong.
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7grizzly
7 楼
Failures are treasures.
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移花接木
8 楼
heavy, friction rules @ tug of war
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7grizzly
9 楼
Sure. There's some comfort in that :-)
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卫宁
10 楼
feel cold for this warmup :))
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盈盈一笑间
11 楼
造个句:You will fell like death warmed up, when you get sick.
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盈盈一笑间
12 楼
Frozen in the Northeast these two days.
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妖妖灵
13 楼
The same as “as sick as a dog”?
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方外居士
14 楼
”every step a shot of pain” I fully understand!
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7grizzly
15 楼
Usually after mile 20 when the race finally starts :-)
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7grizzly
16 楼
death-warmed-up can also mean exhausted.
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7grizzly
17 楼
A good diet and routine make sickness much more bearable :-)
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7grizzly
18 楼
The power of a plain proverb :-)
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盈盈一笑间
19 楼
我们这里这几天贼冷,昨天冻得我头痛。现在还晕着呢。

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7grizzly
20 楼
Giant trees fell in GG park & flattened 6 cars. No serious

injuries. Otherwise, we are fine so far this winter. Take care.

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盈盈一笑间
21 楼
Oh my goodness. 平安健康就是福呀。Take care and stay safe.
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方外居士
22 楼
Haha, you did it?
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天边一片白云
23 楼
Good one. Thanks. is "circusee" a word?

He dreaded the most the 1000 meter run where the boys set off for two and a half

laps. It felt all too soon that everyone else finished in time and in grace and

he alone was left in a humiliating race with himself. Here, he was paying for

yesterday's top spots in English and math, for which he had paid dearly and now

he was paying more. Under a scorching afternoon sky, a short plump kid inched

his way along the baked dusty dirt track, his heart thumping, his head aching,

and every step a shot of pain, toward the degrading and inevitable F.

 

As long as he didn't quit, the teacher had to wait just to record a failing time

at the finish line. A few classmates would circusee in the nearby shade,

watching death warmed up. Even the giggles from the girls playing across the

field sounded condemning: "You, the clumsy boy who made last, nobody wants you.

You are out of the gene pool."

 

 

plump: 

adj: well filled out or rounded in  form, somewhat fleshy or fat

verb : to become plump, to make plump

 

to plump up the sofa pillows

 

thumping: 

 

1 : of, like or pertaining to a thump

2: striking great, immense, exceptional, or impressive; resounding

 

thump:

 

verb

 

to strike, beat, or fall heavlily,with a dull sound.

to walk with heavy steips;pound

 

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7grizzly
24 楼
Thank you! Circusee is 围观, I recently learned:-)
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7grizzly
25 楼
A couple of times, years ago:-)
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方外居士
26 楼
Hats off!
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7grizzly
27 楼
Same here. Any goals?
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