till death do us part
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7.5
- idiom
- Formal
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hasta que la muerte nos separe
- Or, "Till death do us part"?
- vow says, "till death do us part"
Forever and ever till death do us part.
- Forever and ever till death do us part.
- I've committed to my wife long term till death do us part.
- Yep, till death do us part or until I say something that gets us cancelled.
- It also included, it also excluded relationships that were not till death do us part and so on and so forth.
Examples
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People take vows in church, but they take all the substance out of the religious aspect (love, honor, obey - forsake all others - for better or worse, richer or poorer, in sickness and health - till death do us part).
Blog text (10) -
If parents follow the teachings of the Church and instill in their children that sex outside of marriage is unacceptable and against the will of God, and that marriage is between a man and a woman till death do us part, then fewer divorces and teen pregnancies would be the norm.
Blog text (16) -
We said "till death do us part".
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Remember, till death do us part?
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Till death do us part.
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Till death do us part.
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Till death do us part.
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Yep, till death do us part or until I say something that gets us cancelled.
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Nash Cavanaugh, in sickness and in health, till death do us part?
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I promise to love you and cherish you till death do us part.
Synonyms
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7.2
With strong determination to keep fighting until someone dies
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8.5
For a very long time that seems to never end
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9.5
For a very long time, often to say something will never happen
For a very long time, possibly forever
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase literally combines 'till' (until), 'death' (end of life) and 'part' (to separate), so a learner who knows these words can infer that the vow means the marriage lasts until death separates the couple. The archaic word order 'do us part' is slightly formal but does not obscure the compositional meaning, and equivalent constructions exist in many languages, supporting straightforward comprehension.
Etymology
Till death do us part comes from old wedding vows. The words till, death, and do us part create a clear image: the couple stays together until death 'separates' them, so today it means 'to stay married for life'.