to death

Idioms  

1. To an extreme or intolerable degree, as in I am tired to death of these fund-raising phone calls, or That movie just thrilled me to death. This hyperbolic phrase is used as an intensifier. Also see sick and tired; tired out. [c. 1300]

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to death

Tennessee has added an execution date for the youngest woman in modern U.S. history to be sentenced to death.

From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2026

“My kid is out at soccer practice and this girl is in here, pregnant, scared to death, signing up for a lifetime commitment.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

That music accompanies us from birth to death is underscored by the giant guitar-case-shaped casket, “For a Musician,” produced by Ghanaian artist Paa Joe in 2025.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

During his tenure, a former vice governor of eastern Jiangxi province was executed for taking bribes, the highest-ranking official to be put to death for such charges in five decades.

From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026

When the net flipped up out of the leaves and grass, it scared the monkeys half to death.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls