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Idiom: Sign Your life away
Sign your life away is usually used when signing some financial document.
I suppose this idiom is humorous.
Perhaps it is a bit of black humour.
Mostly, I’ve heard it and used it myself in a humorous way.
If you are buying a house and have to sign the documents to get a mortgage, you are probably signing your life away.
To sign something away means to give up the rights to something.
If you sign a mortgage, you are giving up the rights to your life for the next 15, 20, 25 or even 35 years, depending on the length of your mortgage.
Recently, my wife purchased a car, and when she signed the documents, I said, ‘Go ahead, sign away; I’ve already finished paying for my car.’
Of course, she looked at me, smiled and said, ‘We’re using your money!’
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