HyperDic: eternal_rest

English > 1 sense of the expression *eternal rest*:
NOUN	state	eternal rest, rest, sleep, eternal sleep, quietus	euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)

English > *eternal rest*: 1 sense > noun 1, state
Meaning	euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb).
Synonyms	rest, sleep, eternal sleep, quietus
Broader	death	The absence of life or state of being dead
Spanish	sueño eterno