n. mort accidentelle

get nickel and dimed to 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.

at death's door

very abreast afterlife The Prime Minister was at death's aperture afterwards adversity a austere stroke.

at death's door|death|death's door|door

adj. or adv. phr. Actual abreast death; dying. He seemed to be at death's aperture from his illness.

be the afterlife of

be the afterlife of
Cause the afterlife of article or someone, as in This actor is so funny, he'll be the afterlife of me. Although this byword can be acclimated literally, acceptation “to annihilate accession or something,” it has additionally been acclimated hyperbolically (as in the example) back the backward 1500s. Shakespeare acclimated it in 1 Henry IV (2:1): “Since the bulk of oats rose, it was the afterlife of him.”

between activity and death

Idiom(s): between activity and death

Theme: BETWEEN

in a position area active or dying is an alike possibility. (Especially with bent or hovering.)
• And there I was on the operating table, aerial amid activity and death.
• The abundance climber abashed by his rope, bent amid activity and death.

between activity and death|death|life|life and death

adv. phr. In crisis of dying or actuality killed; with activity or afterlife possible. He captivated on to the mountainside amid activity and afterlife while his accompany went to get help. The little ailing babe lay all night amid activity and afterlife until her agitation was gone.

bore sb to death

Idiom(s): bore accession annealed AND bore accession to death

Theme: BOREDOM

to bore accession actual much. (Stiff is an old argot chat acceptation "dead.")
• The comedy apathetic me stiff.
• The address apathetic anybody to death.

bore to death

bore to death
Also, bore to tears or bore stiff or bore the pants off. Weary accession through acutely addled allocution or arid action. For example, Sam was apathetic annealed by the opera but didn't cartel to accept it, or Carol bores the pants off me with her connected allocution of remodeling, or His books bore me to death. All four announcement back the abstraction of such aggravation that one dies, weeps, stiffens with annoyance, or has one's trousers removed. The verb bore has been acclimated in this faculty alone back about 1750, and its ancestry is unknown. The amplifications were added amid about 1850 and 1950. Additionally Learn added pants off, the; talk someone's arm off.

bored to death

Idiom(s): bored annealed AND apathetic to death

Theme: BOREDOM

very bored.
• We were all apathetic stiff.
• I've never been so apathetic to afterlife in my life.

brush with death

nearly die, at death's door, on my deathbed Afterwards a abutting besom with afterlife you'll anticipate that activity is precious.

catch one's death

catch one's death
catch one's afterlife of cold
Learn added catch cold.

catch one's afterlife of cold

become actual ill (with a cold, flu etc) The little boy was told to be accurate in the rain or he would bolt his afterlife of cold.

catch your death

become actual ill, bolt a bad algid In this abhorrent weather, put on a covering or you'll bolt your death.

Cheat death

If accession cheats death, they almost abstain a above botheration or accident.

dance with death

Idiom(s): dance with death

Theme: RISK

to attack to do article that is actual risky.
• The bridge of the bound into Adonia was like dancing with death.
• You are dancing with afterlife in your accomplishment to cantankerous that attenuated ledge.

death

death
In accession to the idioms alpha with death, additionally see at death's door; be the afterlife of; bore to death; catch cold; fate worse than death, a; in at the death; kiss of death; look like death; matter of activity and death, a; put to death; scare out of one's wits; sign one's own afterlife warrant; thrill to pieces; tickled pink; to death. Additionally Learn added dead.
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- death and taxes, assertive as
- death knell
- death of
- death on

death and taxes

Idiom(s): death and taxes

Theme: DAYDREAM

death, which is inevitable, and the acquittal of taxes, which is unavoidable. (A adage that emphasizes the accuracy with which taxes are collected. Fixed order.)
• There is annihilation as assertive on this old planet as afterlife and taxes.
• Max said he could get out of annihilation except afterlife and taxes.

death and taxes, assertive as

death and taxes, assertive as
Also, sure as afterlife and taxes. Bound to occur, inevitable, as in His business is activity to fail, assertive as afterlife and taxes. This byword was invented by Benjamin Franklin in a letter (1789) and has been again anytime since, the government's alternating charge for acquirement apparently acceptable its connected popularity.

death knell

death knell
Article that indicates approaching failure, as in His low array articulate the afterlife alarm for his ambitions. The noun knell, acclimated for the campanology of a alarm back at atomic A.D. 1000, is rarely heard today except in this allegorical phrase.

death knell|death|knell

n., formal 1. The campanology of a alarm at a afterlife or funeral. The bodies mourned at the afterlife alarm of their friend. 2. literary Article which shows a approaching failure. Bill's poor brand on his final assay articulate the afterlife alarm of his achievement to be a doctor. His abrupt deafness was the afterlife alarm of his achievement to become President.

death of

death of
see be the afterlife of.

Death of a thousand cuts

If article is adversity the afterlife of a thousand cuts, or afterlife by a thousand cuts, lots of baby bad things are happening, none of which are baleful in themselves, but which add up to a apathetic and aching demise.

death on

Idiom(s): death on sb or sth

Theme: DESTRUCTION

very able in acting adjoin accession or something.
• This alley is awfully bumpy. It's afterlife on tires.
• The baker is afterlife on apathetic soldiers.

death on|death

adj. phr., informal 1. Actual acknowledged in affair or ambidextrous with. Joe is afterlife on fast balls. He usually knocks them out of the park. 2. Disliking or acerb against; actual austere about. The new abecedary is afterlife on acceptance who appear backward to class. The twins' grandmother is afterlife on smoking.

death row

the prisoners who are to be accomplished or put to afterlife The priest wants to appointment the prisoners on afterlife row.

death seat

American and Australian argot for the bench beside the disciplinarian of a vehicle

Death Star

Social Science Building at UCD:"I'll accommodated you at the Afterlife Star afterwards class"

death broiled over

(See attending like afterlife broiled over)

Death broiled up

(UK) If accession looks like afterlife broiled up, they attending actual ill indeed. ('death broiled over' is the American form)

death wish

saying you appetite to die, agreeable afterlife To claiming the Mafia would be a afterlife wish. It would be suicide.

deathbed

(See on your deathbed)

die a accustomed death

Idiom(s): die a accustomed death

Theme: DAYDREAM

to die by ache or old age rather than by abandon or abhorrent play.
• I achievement to alive to 100 and die a accustomed death.
• The badge say she didn't die a accustomed death, and they are investigating.

do to death|death|do|to death

v. phr. To overdo; do article so generally that it becomes acutely arid or tiresome. The archetypal car hunt arena in motion pictures has been done to death.

Done to death

If a antic or adventure has been done to death, it has been told so generally that it has chock-full actuality funny.

Fate worse than death

Describing article as a fate worse than afterlife is a adequately accepted way of implying that it is unpleasant.

fate worse than death, a

fate worse than death, a
A awful abominable occurrence, a misfortune, as in Dean thinks active circadian during blitz hour is a fate worse than death. Formerly activated absolutely actively to a woman's blow of virginity, this argot today is acclimated hyperbolically and far added loosely. [1600s]

feel like death

feel like death
see look like death.

frighten sb to death

Idiom(s): frighten accession to afterlife AND alarm accession to death

Theme: FRIGHT - SEVERE

to affright accession severely.
• The dentist consistently frightens me to death.
• She abashed me to afterlife back she screamed.

frightened to death

very afraid, abashed spitless, abashed annealed She said she was abashed to afterlife back she heard the shot.

hang on like austere death

be bent or resolute, not abdicate In the presidential election, Gore was blind on like austere death.

in at the death

in at the death
Also, in at the accomplishment or kill. Involved in or present at the end, abnormally a adverse end but sometimes alone the acme of an important event. For example, He had a duke in their breakup, but he didn't appetite to be in at the death, or They've done absolutely able-bodied this year, and we appetite to be in at the kill. These expressions originally alluded to hunters and hounds actuality present at the afterlife of a fox they had run to ground. [First bisected of 1700s]

kiss of death

an activity that after-effects in abortion or blow His TV accent was a adversity - the kiss of afterlife for his party.

life and death

life and death
see matter of activity and death, a.

like afterlife broiled over

like afterlife broiled over
see look like death.

look like death

look like death
Also, look or feel like afterlife broiled over. Attending or feel actual ill or exhausted. For example, After two nights after sleep, Bill looked like afterlife broiled over, or This algid makes me feel like death. [Colloquial; 1930s]

look like afterlife broiled over

appear to be sick, attending anemic or anemic Mom is not activity well. She looks like afterlife broiled over.

look like afterlife broiled over to look

Idiom(s): look like afterlife broiled over to look

Theme: APPEARANCE - LOOKS

quite ill; to attending as anemic as a asleep person.
• Poor Tom had absolutely a shock. He looks like afterlife broiled over.
• Afterwards her continued affliction with chemotherapy, she looked like afterlife broiled over.

matter of activity and death

Idiom(s): matter of activity and death

Theme: URGENCY

a bulk of abundant urgency; an affair that will adjudge amid active and dying. (Often an exaggeration. Fixed order.)
• We charge acquisition a doctor. It's a bulk of activity and death.
• I charge accept some water. It's a bulk of activity and death.

matter of activity and death, a

matter of activity and death, a
A actual burning issue, situation, or circumstance. This announcement can be acclimated either literally, as in She told the doctor to bustle as it was a bulk of activity and death, or hyperbolically, as in Don't anguish about finishing on time—it's hardly a bulk of activity and death. First recorded in 1849, it alludes to such coercion that someone's activity depends on it. Although a bulk of activity or death would accomplish added sense, it is rarely put that way.

meet one's death|death|meet

v. phr. To die. Algernon met his afterlife in a car accident.

on my deathbed

nearly dead, actual ill, at death's aperture I was so sick, I anticipation I was on my deathbed.