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词汇 death
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DEATH
(as) dead as a dodo
dead; no longer in existence. (Informal.)
Yes, Adolf Hitler is really dead—as dead as a dodo.That silly old idea is dead as a dodo.
(as) dead as a doornail
dead. (Informal.)
This fish is as dead as a doornail.John kept twisting the chicken's neck even though it was dead as a doornail.
at death's door
near death. (Euphemistic.)
I was so ill that I was at death's door.The family dog lay at death's door until it received the proper medicine.
be a goner
to be dead or finished; to be as good as dead or nearly dead. (Informal.)
The boy brought the sick fish back to the pet store to get his money back. "This one is a goner," he said.John thought he was a goner when his parachute didn't open.
be curtains for someone or something
to be the death, end, or ruin of someone or something. (Informal. From the lowering or closing of the curtains at the end of a stage performance.)
If the car hadn't swerved, it would have been curtains for the pedestrians.If they can't get into the export market, it's curtains for the whole company.
breathe one's last
to die; to breathe one's last breath.
Mrs. Smith breathed her last this morning.I'll keep running every day until I breathe my last.
cash in one's chips
to die. (Slang. From an expression in the card game poker.)
Bob cashed in his chips yesterday.I'm too young to cash in my chips.
come to an untimely end
to come to an early death.
Poor Mr. Jones came to an untimely end in a car accident.Cancer caused Mrs. Smith to come to an untimely end.
curl up and die
to retreat and die.
When I heard you say that, I could have curled up and died.No, it wasn't an illness. She just curled up and died.
dead and buried
gone forever. (Fixed order.)
Now that Uncle Bill is dead and buried, we can read his will.That kind of thinking is dead and buried.
dead and gone
dead and buried, and probably forgotten. (Fixed order.)
John is dead and gone. There is no reason to fear him anymore.Her husband is dead and gone, but she is getting along fine.
death and taxes
death, which is inevitable, and the payment of taxes, which is unavoidable. (A saying that emphasizes the rigor with which taxes are collected. Fixed order.)
There is nothing as certain on this old planet as death and taxes.Max said he could get out of anything except death and taxes.
die a natural death
to die by disease or old age rather than by violence or foul play.
I hope to live to 100 and die a natural death.The police say she didn't die a natural death, and they are investigating.
die in one's boots and die with one's boots on
to go down fighting; to die in some fashion other than in bed; to die fighting. (A cliché popularized by western movies. The villains of these movies said they preferred death by gunshot or hanging to dying in bed.)
I won't let him get me. I'll die in my boots.He may give me a hard time, but I won't be overcome. I'll fight him and die with my boots on.
die laughing
to meet one's death laughing— in good spirits, revenge, or irony.
Sally is such an optimist that she'll probably die laughing.Bob tried to poison his rich aunt, who then died laughing because she had taken Bob out of her will.
die of a broken heart
to die of emotional distress.
I was not surprised to hear of her death. They say she died of a broken heart.In the movie, the heroine appeared to die of a broken heart, but the audience knew she was poisoned.
drop dead
to die suddenly.
I understand that Tom Anderson dropped dead at his desk yesterday.No one knows why Uncle Bob suddenly dropped dead.
drop in one's tracks
to stop or collapse from exhaustion; to die suddenly.
If I keep working this way, I'll drop in my tracks.Bob was working in the garden and dropped in his tracks, dead as a doornail.
give up the ghost
to die; to release one's spirit. (Considered formal or humorous.)
The old man sighed, rolled over, and gave up the ghost.I'm too young to give up the ghost.
gone on
died. (Euphemistic.)
My husband, Tom—he's gone on, you know—was a great one for golfLet us remember those who have gone on before.
have one foot in the grave
to be near death, either because of old age or because of illness.
Fred's uncle is ninety. He has one foot in the grave and may not live another two months.Terry has one foot in the grave and will perish unless he receives treatment soon.
kick off and kick the bucket
to die. (Slang. Impolite.)
Don't say that George Washington "kicked off." Say that he "passed away."My cat kicked off last night. She was tough as a lion.When I kick the bucket, I want a huge funeral with lots of flowers and crying.
meet one's end
to die.
The dog met his end under the wheels of a car.I don't intend to meet my end until I'm 100years old.
not long for this world
to be about to die.
Our dog is nearly twelve years old and not long for this world.I'm so tired. I think I'm not long for this world.
one's number is up
one's time to die— or to suffer some other unpleasantness—has come. (Informal.)
John is worried. He thinks his number is up.When my number is up, I hope it all goes fast.
pass away and pass on
to die. (A euphemism.)
My aunt passed away last month.When I pass away, I want to have lots of flowers and a big funeral.When I pass on, I won't care about the funeral.
pull the plug (on someone)
to turn off someone's life support system in a hospital. (This results in the death of the person whose life support has been terminated.)
They had to get a court order to pull the plug on their father.Fred signed a living will making it possible to pull the plug on him without a court order.
pushing up daisies
dead. (Folksy.)
If you don't drive safely, you'll be pushing up daisies.We'll all be pushing up daisies in the long run.
put someone away
1.
to kill someone. (Slang.)
The gangster threatened to put me away if I told the police.They've put away witnesses in the past.
2.
to bury someone.
My uncle died last week. They put him away on Saturday.
shuffle off this mortal coil
to die. (Often jocular or formal euphemism. Not often used in consoling someone.)
Cousin Fred shuffled off this mortal coil after drinking a jug full of rat poison.When I shuffle off this mortal coil, I want to go out in style—bells, flowers, and a long, boring funeral.
stamp someone out
to get rid of or kill someone. (Slang.)
You just can t stamp somebody out on your own!The victim wanted to stamp out the robbers without a trial.
taken for dead
appearing to be dead; assumed to be dead.
I was so ill with the flu that I was almost taken for dead.The accident victims were so seriously injured that they were taken for dead at first.
take one's own life
to kill oneself; to commit suicide.
Bob tried to take his own life, but he was stopped in time.Later, he was sorry that he had tried to take his own life.
take someone out
to kill someone. (Criminal slang.)
The thief who drove the car was afraid that the other thieves were going to take him out, too.The crooks took out the witness to the crime.
turn up one's toes
to die. (Slang.)
When I turn up my toes, I want a big funeral with lots of flowers.Our cat turned up his toes during the night. He was nearly ten years old.
wipe someone or something out
to exterminate someone or something.
The hunters came and wiped all the deer out.The crooks wiped out the two witnesses.
within an inch of one's life
very close to losing one's life; almost to death.
The accident frightened me within an inch of my life.When Mary was seriously ill in the hospital, she came within an inch of her life.
DEATH - KILLING
put someone or something to sleep
to kill someone or something. (Euphemistic.)
We had to put our dog to sleep.The robber said he'd put us to sleep forever if we didn't cooperate.
put something down
to take the life of an animal, such as a pet that is suffering. (This is usually done by a veterinarian.)
We had to put our dog down. She was suffering so.It's very difficult to put down one's pet.
put to bed with a shovel
to kill someone ;to kill and bury someone. (Slang.)
That guy'd better be careful, or somebody's going to put him to bed with a shovel."Watch out, wise guy," said the robber, "or I'll put you to bed with a shovel."
death
noun
1
paramethoxyamphetamine or 4-methoxyamphetamine (PMA), a synthetic hallucinogen AUSTRALIA, 1997.
2
someone or something that is exquisitely perfect US, 1965.
3
a difficult situation, such as an exam, a hangover, etc US, 1987.
4
in harness racing, the position just behind and outside the leader. Because the horse in that position has to travel farther than horses on the inside and does not have the benefit of a lead horse breaking the wind resistance US, 1997.► at the deathin the finish. Figurative sense of a conventional 'end' UK, 1962.► like death; like death warmed upfeeling or appearing extremely unwell UK, 1939.► to death1. to the extreme; superlative UK, 1998.2. frequently and ad nauseum UK, 1937
idiomdeath► at death's door► to sound/be the death knell► be tickled to death be tickled pinkcatch your death (of cold)old-fashioned used in order to warn someone that they will get very cold and ill:Don't go outside without a hat, you'll catch your death.be dicing with deathto be doing something that is extremely dangerous:I want to warn young people that they are dicing with death if they experiment with these drugs.For an inexperienced driver, towing another car can be dicing with death.die the/a death1 if an idea or style dies the death, it becomes unfashionable and people dislike it or forget about it:I hate this stripped pine furniture, but it'll die the death eventually, won't it?Bop was a form of music loved by jazz musicians, but the public loved it less, and it died the death.2 if an actor or a play dies the death, the people watching the show are bored or dislike it:As a standup comedian, I always know that tonight may be the night when I die the death.done to deathif a subject or an idea is done to death, it is talked about or used so much that people become bored with it:Those jokes about changing lightbulbs have been done to death. We need something new.The record companies have done the 'Greatest Hits' idea to death. They never put the really good songs on them anyway. —see also to deathflog sb/sth to death BrEBrE1 to make someone work very hard:The team should not be flogged to death with extra practice sessions.I was flogging myself to death to keep the business going.2 to discuss a subject until people are bored with it or there is nothing more to say about it:Make your main points and then move on - you don't have to flog your topic to death.We need to settle this question of shift work, so we'll just have to keep at it till we've flogged it to death.hold/hang on like grim death BrEBrEto keep holding something very tightly:Boys rode behind the lorries, holding on like grim death as they swung round the corner.I was terrified, and hung onto the back of the chair like grim death, trying to think of something to say.sb is signing his/her own death warrant BrEBrEused in order to say that someone is doing something that will cause them very serious problems ◆ used especially in business or politics:Any industrialist who concentrates on a single market is signing his own death warrant.All over town, posters warned you that if you had indiscriminate sex you could be signing your own death warrant.Mr McAllister's comments on government transport policy have effectively signed his political death warrant.look/feel like death warmed up BrEBrElook/feel like death warmed over AmEspoken used in order to say that someone looks or feels very ill or tired:She looked like death warmed up. I don't know why she didn't stay at home.I got out of bed, feeling like death warmed over.to death1 used after an adjective in order to emphasize how strongly you feel an emotion:Jenny is frightened to death of being alone at night.I'm sick to death of you being rude to me.I bet Margot was thrilled to death when she got the money.2 used in order to emphasize how much or to what a great degree someone does something, especially when it is being done too much:She just loves that boy to death.Golding's novels have been analysed to death by critics trying to extract every scrap of meaning. —see also done to deathsb will be the death of meold-fashioned used in order to say that someone is causing you a lot of worry or problems:That boy will be the death of me.
See:
  • (as) baleful as death
  • (as) certain as death and taxes
  • (as) still as death
  • (as) sure as death and taxes
  • a death blow
  • a fate worse than death
  • a living death
  • a matter of life and death
  • a matter of life or death
  • at death's door
  • at death's doorstep
  • badger to death
  • baleful as death
  • be a fate worse than death
  • be at death's door
  • be bored to death
  • be done to death
  • be frightened to death
  • be in at the death
  • be in at the death/kill
  • be in at the kill
  • be put to death
  • be sick to death of (someone or something)
  • be snatched from the jaws of death
  • be snatched out of the jaws of death
  • be the death of
  • be the death of (one)
  • be the death of somebody
  • be thrilled to death
  • be tickled pink
  • be tickled to death
  • be tired to death of (something)
  • beat (something) to death
  • between life and death
  • bleed to death
  • blue screen of death
  • bore (one) to death
  • bore stiff
  • bore to death
  • bore to death/tears, to
  • bored silly
  • brush with death
  • catch (one's) death (of cold)
  • catch cold
  • catch death
  • catch one's death (of a cold), to
  • catch one's death (of cold)
  • catch your death
  • Cowards die many times before their death
  • cowards die many times before their death(s)
  • dance with death
  • deal a death blow
  • death and taxes
  • death and taxes, (certain as)
  • death and taxes, certain as
  • death blow
  • death by spell check
  • death cap
  • Death is the great leveler
  • death knell
  • death on
  • death on (someone or something)
  • death on someone/something
  • death on something
  • death spiral
  • death toll
  • death trap
  • death warmed up
  • death wish
  • death's door, at/near
  • dice with death
  • die a death
  • die a natural death
  • die a/the death
  • do (something) to death
  • do something to death
  • do the hard yards
  • fate worse than death
  • fate worse than death, a
  • feel like death
  • feel like death warmed over
  • feel like death warmed up
  • fight to death
  • fight to the death
  • flog (something) to death
  • flog something to death
  • flog to death
  • freeze to death
  • frighten (one) to death
  • frighten to death
  • frightened to death
  • Give a beggar a horse, and he'll ride it to death.
  • Give me liberty, or give me death!
  • hang on like grim death
  • hang on to (someone or something) like grim death
  • hang on/hold on like grim death
  • have a death wish
  • hold on to (someone or something) like grim death
  • in at the death
  • in at the death/finish
  • kiss of death
  • kiss of death, a/the
  • lie at death's door
  • life after death
  • life and/or death
  • life-and-death
  • life-or-death
  • like death warmed over
  • like death warmed over/up, to feel/look
  • like death warmed up
  • like grim death
  • living death
  • look like death
  • look like death warmed over
  • look like death warmed up
  • love (someone or something) to death
  • matter of life and death
  • matter of life and death, a
  • meet (one's) death
  • meet death
  • nickel and dime (one) to death
  • nickel and dime someone to death
  • nothing is certain but death and taxes
  • on pain of death
  • pale as a ghost
  • plunge to (one's) death
  • pounce at the death
  • put (one) to death
  • put somebody to death
  • put to death
  • scare (one) to death
  • scare out of one's wits
  • scared silly/stiff/to death, to be
  • scared to death
  • send (one) to (one's) death
  • send to death
  • sick and tired
  • sick to death
  • sick to death of (someone or something)
  • sick to death of someone or something
  • sign (one's) own death warrant
  • sign (someone's) death warrant
  • sign one's own death warrant
  • sign own death warrant
  • sign someone's death warrant
  • sign your own death warrant
  • snatch (one) out of the jaws of death
  • snatch (someone) from the jaws of death
  • snatch out of the jaws of death
  • sound the death knell
  • sound the death knell of something
  • still as death
  • struggle to the death
  • sudden death
  • the jaws of (something)
  • the jaws of death, defeat, etc.
  • the kiss of death
  • the wages of sin (is death)
  • The wages of sin is death
  • There is a remedy for everything except death
  • thrill (one) to death
  • thrill to pieces
  • thrilled to death
  • tickle to death
  • tickled pink
  • tickled pink/to death, to be
  • tickled to death
  • till death do us part
  • till death us do part
  • tired out
  • tired to death
  • tired to death of (something)
  • to death
  • to the death
  • toll the death knell
  • under pain of death
  • valley of death
  • valley of the shadow of death
  • will be the death of
  • work (one or oneself) to death
  • work yourself/somebody to death
  • worried sick
  • yes (one) to death
  • you'll be the death of me
  • you'll catch your death
  • you'll catch your death (of cold)
  • you'll catch your death of cold
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