Maybe the best way to handle death is to laugh at it:
Monty Python - "Not Dead Yet" Scene (HD) - YouTube
How many idioms and slang words do you know for 'to die'?List of expressions related to death - Wikipedia
Can you recognise any of these?
The EFL SMARTblog: Real English: Monty Python "Dead Parrot" Sketch - Idioms for "Dead" and "Broken"
They all come from what is perhaps the most famous Monty Python sketch:
Monty Python Dead Parrot - YouTube
To finish, a cartoon about someone who dies - with lots of idioms:
Symphony in Slang | Tex Avery Screwball | Warner Archive - YouTube (good quality but incomplete)
Symphony In Slang, Film (complete)
With a list of all the idioms here:
Jay Doubleyou: a symphony in slang: a classic cartoon full of idioms
And with much more here:
Jay Doubleyou: learning and teaching idioms
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