英文：a fate worse than death (idiom)
說明：a fate worse than death 是個成語，首次出現在大約 1810 年，但在美國作家愛德加‧萊斯‧巴勒斯 (Edgar Rice Burroughs) 所創作的《人猿泰山》(Tarzan of the Apes) 一書於 1914 年出版後變得廣為人知。這個成語雖亦可用來表示字面意思，如 Death row is a fate worse than death. (死囚等待行刑生不如死)，但現今大多被當作詼諧、幽默用語，用來表示極其難受的事、極不愉快的經歷、活受罪。
例句：
- If you’re a teenager, an evening at home with your parents can possibly make you feel like a fate worse than death. (如果你是個十來歲的青少年，晚上在家和父母待在一起，可能會讓你覺得好像活受罪)
- Spending a day with an ugly woman is simply a fate worse than death. (與醜女共度一天簡直就是活受罪)
- Cindy felt that having to move to a small town was a fate worse than death. (辛蒂覺得，不得不搬到小鎮是個極不愉快的經歷)