Grab

Grab
Grab <-[e]s, Gräber> [ʼgra:p, pl ʼgrɛ:bɐ] nt
(letzte Ruhestätte) grave;
ein \Grab in fremder Erde finden (geh) to be buried in foreign soil;
sein \Grab in den Wellen finden, ein feuchtes [o nasses] \Grab finden (geh) to go to a watery grave [or (liter) meet a watery end];
das Heilige \Grab rel the Holy Sepulchre [or (Am a.) -er];
WENDUNGEN:
ein Geheimnis mit ins \Grab nehmen to carry a secret [with one] to the grave;
das bringt mich/dich noch ins \Grab! (fam) it'll be the death of me/you yet!;
du bringst mich noch ins \Grab! (fam) you'll send me to an early grave!;
sich dat sein \Grab selbst schaufeln [o graben];
sich dat sein eigenes \Grab schaufeln [o graben] to dig one's own grave;
etw mit ins \Grab nehmen to take sth [with one] to the grave;
schweigen können wie ein \Grab to be [as] silent as the grave [or [be able to] keep quiet];
jdn zu \Grabe tragen (geh) to carry [or bear] sb to the grave, to bury sb;
jd würde sich im \Grab[e] umdrehen, wenn ... (fam) sb would turn in their grave if ...; s. a. Hoffnung

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