the king is dead, long live the king
- Traditional announcement made when a new monarch becomes the ruler after the previous one passed away.
- (idiomatic) Said when someone has stepped down or something is succeeded by someone or something new that now has the most control, is the most popular, etc.
Usage notes
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The second sense can take many forms as a snowclone, replacing king with something else: see X is dead, long live Y.
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Translations
- Armenian: թագավորը մեռավ, կեցցե՛ թագավորը (tʻagavorə meṙav, kecʻcʻé tʻagavorə)
- Czech: král je mrtev, ať žije král!
- Dutch: de koning is dood, leve de koning!
- French: le roi est mort, vive le roi!
- Hebrew: המלך מת, יחי המלך! (hamélekh mét, y'khí hamélekh!)
- Indonesian: raja telah mati, panjang umur raja!
- Italian: il re è morto, lunga vita al re!
- Japanese: 国王崩御、国王万歳!
- Korean: 왕이 죽었다, 국왕 만세! (wang'i jugeotda, gugwang manse!)
- Norman: lé rouai est mort, lé rouai vit!
- Polish: umarł król, niech żyje król (pl)
- Portuguese: rei morto, rei posto
- Russian: коро́ль у́мер, да здра́вствует коро́ль (korólʹ úmer, da zdrávstvujet korólʹ)
- Spanish: a rey muerto, rey puesto (es), el rey ha muerto, viva el rey
- Thai: พระมหากษัตริย์เสด็จสวรรคต ขอพระมหากษัตริย์ทรงพระเจริญ
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