way of all flesh

the way of all flesh

1. (euphemistic) The inevitable road to death; mortality.
   • 1998 July 5, Maureen Dowd, “Liberties; Prime Time Dead”, in New York Times:

     Taking a page from Court TV, some enterprising soul will start Death TV. If there are stations devoted to food, sex and weather, why not one to the way of all flesh?

   • 2004, Elana Gomel, “Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, and the (Un)Death of the Author”, in Narrative, volume 12, number 1, page 84:

     He abhors his decaying portrait, which pitilessly shows him the way of all flesh.

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