English / proverb
Death Is the Great Leveller
MEANING IN ENGLISH
Death erases all earthly distinctions of wealth, social rank, power, and privilege, treating all mortals equally.
In context
01
Obsessing over endless profits while exploiting factory staff ignores the reality that death is the great leveller.
02
No corporate hierarchy survives the grave, for death is the great leveller of all humankind.
Synonyms
death spares nobody,the grave makes equals of us all,all are equal in death
Antonyms
worldly inequality,everlasting hierarchy,privilege endures
Collocations
reminder that death is the great leveller,ultimately death is the great leveller,philosophically death is the great leveller