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mor·tal coil
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mortal coilnoun
The chaos and confusion of life.
mortal coilnoun
The physical body of man (containing the spirit inside).
Etymology: Alluding to this quotation:
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Mortal coil
Mortal coil is a poetic term that means the troubles of daily life and the strife and suffering of the world. It is used in the sense of a burden to be carried or abandoned, most famously in the phrase "shuffle[d] off this mortal coil" from the "To be, or not to be" monologue in Shakespeare's Hamlet.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of mortal coil in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of mortal coil in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of mortal coil in a Sentence
To die, to sleep --To sleep, perchance to dream, ay there's the rub,For in that sleep of death what dreams may comeWhen we have shuffled off this mortal coil,Must give us pause there's the respectThat makes calamity of so long life.
I wonder, among all the tangles of this mortal coil, which one contains tighter knots to undo, and consequently suggests more tugging, and pain, and diversified elements of misery, than the marriage tie.
The resounding echo of the mortal coil, echoes in the ears of those who are unprepared for it. To some, it sounds like a symphony - to others, a death toll.
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