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dead on one's feet
[dead on one's feet] {adv. phr.}, {informal} Very tired but still […]

dead to rights
[dead to rights] {adv. phr.}, {informal} Without a chance of escaping […]

dead to the world
[dead to the world] {adj. phr.}, {informal} 1. Fast asleep. * […]

deadpan
[deadpan] {adj.}, {adv.}, {slang} With an expressionless or emotionless face; without […]

death
[death] See: [AT DEATH'S DOOR], [BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH], [CATCH ONE'S […]

death knell
[death knell] {n.}, {formal} 1. The ringing of a bell at […]

death on
[death on] {adj. phr.}, {informal} 1. Very successful in meeting or […]

die in one's boots
[die in one's boots] or [die with one's boots on] {v. […]

do for
[do for] {v.}, {informal} To cause the death or ruin of; […]

do to death
[do to death] {v. phr.} To overdo; do something so often […]

eat one's heart out
[eat one's heart out] {v. phr.} To grieve long and hopelessly; […]

extend one's sympathy to
[extend one's sympathy to] {v. phr.} To offer one's condolences on […]

fall to pieces
[fall to pieces] {v. phr.} To disintegrate; collapse. * /After the […]

firing squad
[firing squad] {n.} A group of soldiers chosen to shoot a […]

for better or worse
[for better or worse] or [for better or for worse] {adv. […]

frightened to death
[frightened to death] See: [TO DEATH].

gallows humor
[gallows' humor] {n. phr.} Bitter joke(s) that make fun of a […]

get over
[get over] {v.} 1. To finish. * /Tom worked fast to […]

go to the dogs
[go to the dogs] {v. phr.}, {informal} To go to ruin; […]

hand down
[hand down] {v.} To arrange to give or leave after, death. […]

hang over one's head
[hang over one's head] {v. phr.} To be a danger or […]

happy hunting ground
[happy hunting ground] {n. phr.} 1. The place where, in American […]

hot seat
[hot seat] {n.}, {slang} 1. The electric chair used to cause […]

in the nick of time
[in the nick of time] {adv. phr.} Just at the right […]

in trust
[in trust] {adv.} or {adj. phr.} In safe care for another. […]

keep up appearances
[keep up appearances] {v. phr.} To maintain an outward show of […]

kick off
[kick off] {v. phr.} 1. To make the kick that begins […]

Life and death
Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.

look in the eye
[look in the eye] or [look in the face] {v. phr.} […]

meet one's death
[meet one's death] {v. phr.} To die. * /Algernon met his […]

next door
[next door] {adv.} or {adj.} 1. In or to the next […]

on one's last legs
[on one's last legs] {adj. phr.} Failing; near the end. * […]

on pain of
[on pain of] also [under pain of] {prep.}, {formal} At the […]

on record
[on record] {adj. phr.} 1. An official or recorded statement or […]

one foot in the grave
[one foot in the grave] {n. phr.} Near to death. * […]

over one's dead body
[over one's dead body] {adv. phr.}, {informal} Not having the ability […]

pass away
[pass away] {v.} 1. To slip by; go by; pass. * […]

pass on
[pass on] {v.} 1. To give an opinion about; judge; settle. […]

pass out
[pass out] {v.}, {informal} 1. To lose consciousness; faint. * /She […]

pull through
[pull through] {v.} 1. To help through; bring safely through a […]

push up daisies
[push up daisies] {v. phr.}, {slang} To be dead and buried. […]

put away
[put away] {v.} 1. To put in the right place or […]

R. Geis
I wouldn't mind dying--it's the business of having to stay dead […]

scare to death
[scare to death] See: [TO DEATH].

sign one's own death warrant
[sign one's own death warrant] {v. phr.} To cause your own […]

split up
[split up] {v. phr.} 1. To separate; get a divorce. * […]

split-up
[split-up] {n.} A separation or division into two or many smaller […]

stare in the face
[stare in the face] {n. phr.} 1. To be about to […]

stone-dead
[stone-dead] {adj.}, {informal} Showing no signs of life; completely dead. * […]

string up
[string up] {v.}, {slang} To put a rope around the neck […]

take one's death of
[take one's death of] See: [CATCH ONE'S DEATH OF].

take to heart
[take to heart] also [lay to heart] {v. phr.} To be […]

Terry Pratchett
(1948--), Strata, 1981 Death was Nature's way of telling you to […]

thrill one to death
[thrill one to death] or [pieces] See: [TICKLE PINK].

tickle to death
[tickle to death] See: [TO DEATH].

to death
[to death] {adv. phr.}, {informal} To the limit; to the greatest […]

to pieces
[to pieces] {adv. phr.} 1. Into broken pieces or fragments; destroyed. […]

turn up one's toes
[turn up one's toes] {v. phr.}, {slang} To die. * /One […]

warrant
[warrant] See: [SIGN ONE'S OWN DEATH WARRANT].