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

Fighting far away from their usual supply lines, British soldiers froze to death, not for lack of supplies but for lack of competence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

Patients with pernicious anemia who had been close to death often improved dramatically within weeks of eating liver-rich diets.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 25, 2026

“The giants of the marketplace have processed our food to death to extend shelf life and expand distribution,” he said in a 2006 interview.

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026

Kalshi has a ban on those practices and has banned markets tied directly to death and war, Lever said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026

“You just need to go to more funerals, Declaration, that’ll take care of that. I mean...look at me. You get used to death if you live around it long enough.”

From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles