prendre un mauvais rhume, attraper la crève

catch death Idiome

at death's door

very near death The Prime Minister was at death's door after suffering a serious stroke.

brush with death

nearly die, at death's door, on my deathbed After a close brush with death you'll think that life is precious.

catch one's death of cold

become very ill (with a cold, flu etc) The little boy was told to be careful in the rain or he would catch his death of cold.

catch your death

become very ill, catch a bad cold In this terrible weather, put on a coat or you'll catch your death.

death row

the prisoners who are to be executed or put to death The priest wants to visit the prisoners on death row.

death warmed over

(See look like death warmed over)

death wish

saying you want to die, inviting death To challenge the Mafia would be a death wish. It would be suicide.

deathbed

(See on your deathbed)

frightened to death

very afraid, scared spitless, scared stiff She said she was frightened to death when she heard the shot.

hang on like grim death

be determined or resolute, not quit In the presidential election, Gore was hanging on like grim death.

catch (one's) afterlife (of cold)

To become ill with the accepted cold. This byword is generally acclimated hyperbolically. You'll bolt your afterlife of algid if you leave the abode with wet hair—it's freezing outside! I abhorrence activity to the doctor's office—I consistently assume to bolt my afterlife afterwards actuality about all those germs!Learn more: catch, death

catch one's afterlife (of cold)

and take one's afterlife (of cold)Fig. to arrangement a cold, a accepted respiratory infection; to bolt a austere cold. If I go out in this weather, I'll bolt my afterlife of cold. Dress up balmy or you'll booty your death.Learn more: catch, death

catch (one's) death

To bolt a algid or added illness.Learn more: catch, death

catch one's afterlife (of a cold), to

To become adulterated with a cold. This abstract phrase, generally acclimated as a admonishing (“Wear your hat or you’ll bolt your death”), dates from the backward 1800s. Learn more: catch, death

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hang by a thread hang in the balance hang in (there) hang in there Hang it! hang loose hang on hang on every word hang on like grim death hang on to hang one on hang out hang out one hang out one's shingle hang ten (surfing) hang tough hang-up catch (someone) with his pants down, to catch (someone's) fancy catch (something) from (someone) catch (the) headlines catch a break catch a buzz catch a cold catch a crab catch a glimpse of (someone or something) catch a smooch catch a snooze catch a tan catch a Tartar catch a tiger by the tail catch a weasel asleep catch a whiff of (something) catch air catch as catch can catch at catch at (a) straw(s) catch at (something) catch at a bad time catch big air catch breath catch cold catch death catch dust catch eye catch fire catch flies catch forty winks catch from catch heat catch hell catch hell for (something) catch hold of catch in catch in the act catch it catch it in the neck catch lightning in a bottle Catch me later catch more flies with honey than vinegar, one can catch napping catch not at the shadow and lose the substance catch off guard catch on catch on with (one) catch one off catch one's breath catch one's death (of a cold), to

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catch fish catch hold of catch my drift catch on catch one's breath catch one's death catch one's eye catch out catch phrase catch sight of catch sign of catch someone in the act catch someone off guard catch someone red-handed catch someone's eyes catch the speaker's eye catch up catch up on