词汇 | the sweet death |
词源 | the sweet death. Dating back to the 19th century, this ex- pression refers to death while having sexual intercourse. The first person recorded to die the sweet death is Attila the Hun. Attila, said to be a dwarf, died in the arms of a Brunhildean blonde. |
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