Appendix:Snowclones/old X never die, they just Y away

English

Etymology

From Old soldiers never die, they just fade away. Newer coinages are often puns.

Phrase

old X never die, they just Y away

1. (snowclone) The memory of something great lives on past their time in this world.

   Old soldiers never die, they just fade away.

   1. Derivative puns based on rhyme with the original:

      Old teachers never die, they just grade away.

      Old gardeners never die, they just spade away.

   2. Derivative puns based on semantics:

      Old pilots never die, they just ascend to a higher plane.

See also

• the great X in the sky