valley of death
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Probably derived from the Old Testament, Psalm 23: "valley of the shadow of death".
Pronunciation[edit]
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Noun[edit]
valley of death (plural valleys of death)
- (idiomatic) Death; or a place or period where death is impending.
- 1854 December 9, Lord Alfred Tennyson, “The Charge of the Light Brigade”, in The Examiner:
- Into the valley of Death / Rode the six hundred.
- (idiomatic) A place of great danger.
- (idiomatic, business) The phase of a startup business beginning with the entrepreneur's fulltime commitment to it and ending when the business has achieved sustainable cash flow.