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Kiss the Dust

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To die, or to be slain. In Psalm lxxii. 9 it is said, “his enemies shall lick the dust.”

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Kinless Loons
Kiosk
Kirk of Skulls
Kirke-grim
Kirke’s Lambs
Kirkrapine
Kismet
Kiss
Kiss Hands (To)
Kiss the Book
Kiss the Dust
Kiss the Hare’s Foot (To)
Kiss the Mistress (To)
Kiss the Rod (To)
Kiss behind the Garden Gate (A)
Kiss given to a Poet
Kiss the Gunner’s Daughter (To)
Kiss the Place to make it Well
Kissing-comfit
Kissing-crust
Kissing the Hand