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# shuffled off this mortal coil

phrase (idiom; verb phrase; shuffle off this mortal coil)

«shuffled off this mortal coil» in the English dictionary: in the primary school — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## In the primary school

Source: Mova's pupils' dictionary. Licence: [Elamur Cosmic License](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/LICENSE/). Reviewed: the dictionary the pupils of Mova's primary school read; its examples quote the lessons and public-domain tales. Ships with Mova.

### Meaning

1. (humorous, euphemism) died.
2. (literary) from Shakespeare's Hamlet, meaning leaving the troubles of life.

### In the lessons

Used jokingly or in a grand literary way to talk about death, often about someone not close to the speaker or about a machine. Humorous, all regions. Can sound flippant about a real loss.

### Examples

- The old computer has finally shuffled off this mortal coil.
- In the play, Hamlet talks of when we have shuffled off this mortal coil.
- The famous villain shuffled off this mortal coil in the last chapter.
- "My goldfish shuffled off this mortal coil," Leo said dramatically.
- The comedian joked that he wasn't ready to shuffle off this mortal coil.
- Our English teacher read the speech with "this mortal coil".

### Note

Stands for "died". "Mortal coil" means the troubles of life. Too jokey for a funeral or a close loss.