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- A shallow grave implies that the deceased was treated with contempt or inconsideration, and thus they were laid to rest in a hastily dug hole instead of given a proper burial.
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Apr 2, 2003 · What are its connotations on top of its literal meaning? Can it be used only in the context of murders/potential murders?: Thank you,: A. Murderers usually don't have time to dig a six-feet-deep grave. So their victims are found in "shallow graves." That's the only meaning I know. Shallow grave James Briggs 04/02/03
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noun [C] a place in the ground where a dead person ... See more at grave. (Definition of shallow and grave from the Cambridge English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of shallow grave. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web.
Aug 15, 2018 · I don't know this expression but you can "dig your own grave", which means you are causing problems for yourself, and a "shallow grave" is where you bury someone in a hurry and without respect or sadness.
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Whereas if get buried in a cemetery they usually use a tractor to dig out quite a deep hole to put you in. "6 feet under" is a common phrase that is used for that type of burial. So my guess would be that the song is referring to being murdered, and then having someone bury them in a shallow grave. 1.
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The meaning of GRAVE is an excavation for burial of a body; broadly : a burial place. How to use grave in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Grave.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + grave a shallow grave (=a hole that is not very deep in the ground) They found the woman’s remains in a shallow grave in the woods. a mass grave (=one that is filled with many people, especially people killed in a war or people who died of a disease at a similar time) Plague victims were buried in a mass grave. an unmarked grav...
