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better dead than red

See also: better dead than Red and better Dead than Red

Contents

• 1 English
  • 1.1 Proverb
    • 1.1.1 Alternative forms
    • 1.1.2 Translations
    • 1.1.3 See also
  • 1.2 References
  • 1.3 Further reading

English

Proverb

better dead than red

1. (politics) It is preferable to be deceased than to be a Communist or ruled by Communists.

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Alternative forms

• better dead than Red, better Dead than Red

Translations

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anti-Communist slogan

See also

• give me liberty or give me death
• liberty or death

References

• better dead than red at OneLook Dictionary Search

Further reading

• better red than dead on Wikipedia.

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• English lemmas
• English proverbs
• English multiword terms
• en:Politics
• English terms with quotations
• en:Communism
• English rhyming phrases

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