go the way of all flesh

Idioms  

1. Die, as in Our dog's gone the way of all flesh and I'm not sure we'll get another. This expression is actually a misquotation from the Bible, which has it to go the way of all the earth (I Kings 2:2; Joshua 22:14), also meaning “to die.”

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Example Sentences

For some fans, the concert marked the fulfillment of a lifelong dream, a chance to see the Stones in the flesh before they go the way of all flesh.

From New York Times • Dec. 9, 2012

To the twanging accompaniment of background music that would better fit a Kabuki drama, these five bleeding hearts go the way of all flesh.

From Time Magazine Archive

So he’s willin’ to go the way of all flesh, is he?

From The Heart of Canyon Pass by Holmes, Thomas K.

And she reflected that his love for her was very likely gone by the board now that he was elected to go the way of all flesh.

From North of Fifty-Three by Fischer, Anton Otto