"Victory at the cost of cheating is like ashes in ones mouth"
If something turns to ashes in one's mouth, it has become a bitter disappointment because it is devoid of true substance and lasting satisfaction. (The allusion is to Dead Sea fruit.)
Dead Sea fruit; a name for a legendary fruit, of attractive appearance, which dissolved into smoke and ashes when held (also called apple of Sodom); figuratively, a hollow disappointing thing, perhaps because it was regarded as devoid of life or movement.
The word ashes can be used in a sentences as a condition. For example, the man was in ashes.
The Firebird phoenix lives for 500 years, dies in flame and is reborn rising from its own ashes.
No, ashes is a common noun, a word for any ashes of any kindA proper noun is the name of a person, place, thing, or a title; for example:Ashes Creek Road, Bloomfield, KYAshes Farm Cottages, Ashes Lane, Huddersfield, UK'Angela's Ashes' by Frank McCourt'City of Ashes' by Cassandra Clare
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The word ashes can be used in a sentences as a condition. For example, the man was in ashes.
The image is of something burning up, going up as ashes and smoke. It means whatever you're talking about is gone and can never be returned. You hear this used mostly in the sense of dreams or goals "going up in smoke."
Inurnment refers to the act of placing ashes in an urn after cremation. For example, "The family held a private ceremony for the inurnment of their loved one’s ashes in the garden." Another sentence could be, "After the inurnment, they planted a tree in memory of the deceased."
Ashes to ashes and dust to dust! Or, The wood was burned until there was nothing left but ashes.
Its an expression used by the engines on Thomas and friends. They use it express surprise or shock. Similar to the phrase "oh my stars" and analogs of
Flour & Ashes
gourd of ashes will fall from the air.
it all turned into Ashes. Ashes must be scattered in a a river.
Ashes from the fire smoldered on the outer rocks.
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Tu es poussière et tu retourneras à la poussière. Genesis 3: 17-19
The civilization fell to oblivion after the explosion left nothing but ashes.