death

as sure as death

quite certain

確定無疑

be the death of

(often used hyperbolically or humorously) cause someone's death

［常作夸張或幽默用法］置…于死地

you'll be the death of me with all your questions.

你那么多問題要把我問死了。

be in at the death

be present when a hunted animal is caught and killed

目睹獵物被捕獲殺死

catch one's death (of cold)

(informal)catch a severe cold or chill

(非正式)得重感冒

die a (或 the) death

come to an end; cease or fail to be popular or successful

結束；不受歡迎，失敗

the craze for cycling shorts is dying a death.

騎車短褲的熱潮快結束了。

do someone to death

kill someone

殺死某人

do something to death

perform or repeat something so frequently that it becomes tediously familiar

重復得煩死人

a subject that has been done to death by generations of painters.

被世代畫家畫得讓人厭煩的題材。

a fate worse than death

a terrible experience, especially that of seduction or rape

比死還不濟的遭遇（尤指受誘奸或強奸）

like death warmed up (或 北美

(informal)extremely tired or ill

(非正式)十分疲憊；病重

a matter of life and death

put someone to death

kill someone, especially with official sanction

（尤指官方批準）殺死，處死

till (或 until) death us do part

for as long as each of a couple live

至死不渝，永不分離

to the death

until dead

到死為止

a fight to the death.

戰斗到底。

at death's door

Near to death; gravely ill or injured.

行將就木；重病，重傷