as sure as death

quite certain

確定無(wú)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 地

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

你那么多問題要把我問 了。

be in at the death

be present when a hunted animal is caught and killed

目睹獵物被捕獲

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(jié)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(jié)束了。

do someone to death

kill someone

某人

do something to death

perform or repeat something so frequently that it becomes tediously familiar

重復(fù)得煩 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 還不濟(jì)的遭遇（尤指受誘奸或強(qiáng)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(zhǔn)） ，處

till (或 until) death us do part

for as long as each of a couple live

至 不渝，永不分離

to the death

until dead

到 為止

a fight to the death.

戰(zhàn)斗到底。

at death's door

Near to death; gravely ill or injured.

行將就木；重病，重傷