List of idioms with the word Die and the meanings. Commonly used idioms related to “die” and their meanings along with example sentences.
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Idioms About Die
- “To kick the bucket” – This means to die. Example: “He was an old man and had lived a full life, but it was still sad when he finally kicked the bucket.”
- “To bite the dust” – This means to die or to be defeated. Example: “After a long battle with cancer, he finally bit the dust.”
- “To meet one’s maker” – This means to die and face judgement from a higher power. Example: “After a long life of doing good deeds, he was ready to meet his maker.”
- “To be on one’s deathbed” – This means to be near death and close to passing away. Example: “She visited her grandmother on her deathbed and said her final goodbyes.”
- “To die a natural death” – This means to die from natural causes, such as old age or illness. Example: “He died a natural death at the age of 96.”
- “To die a painful death” – This means to die from a painful illness or injury. Example: “The fire was so intense that he died a painful death from smoke inhalation.”
- “To die a quick death” – This means to die suddenly and with minimal suffering. Example: “He was in a car accident and died a quick death.”
death on someone or something
1.very effective in acting against someone or something.
- This road is terribly bumpy. It’s death on tires.
- The sergeant is death on lazy soldiers.
2. [with something]accurate or deadly at doing something requiring skill or great effort.
- Jay is death on curve balls. He’s our best pitcher.
- The boxing champ is really death on those fast punches.
die a natural death
1. (for someone) to die by disease or old age rather than violence or foul play.
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- 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.
2. (for something) to fade away or die down.
- I expect that ali this excitement about computers mil die a natural death.
- Most fads die a natural death.
die in one’s boots
to go down fighting; to die in some fashion other than in bed; to die fighting. (A cliche popularized by Western movies. The villains of these movies said they preferred death by gun-shot 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 mth my boots on.
die laughing
1. to meet one’s death laughing—in good spirits, revenge, or irony.
- Claire is such an optimist that she’ll probably die laughing.
- Mike poisoned his rich aunt who then died laughing because she had taken Mike out of her will.
2. to laugh yery long and hard.
- The joke was so funny that I almost died laughing.
- The play was meant to be funny, but the audience didn’t exactly die laughing.
die of a broken heart
1. 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.
2. to sufler from emotional distress, especially from a failed romance.
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- Jay and Gloria broke off their romance and both died of broken hearts.
- Please don’t leave me. I know I’ll die of a broken heart.
die of boredom
to suffer from boredom; to be very bored.
- No one has ever really died of boredom.
- We sat there and listened politely, even though we almost died of boredom.