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

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

From Project Gutenberg

We have said that water-fleas were among the inhabitants of a bottle filled at the pond, and as they go the way of all flesh, it is common to find some odd-looking animalcules ready to devour their mortal remains.

From Project Gutenberg

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

With "a trembling hand," like that of the poet Tibullus, he would hold the fair one, when dying; but then the hand would tremble lest she should recover, not lest she should go the way of all flesh.

From Project Gutenberg