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drop-dead
[ drop-ded ]
adjective
- inspiring awe, astonishment, or envy:
a drop-dead guest list; a drop-dead sable coat.
- being the most extreme limit or possibility:
What's the drop-dead date for handing in term papers? That is our drop-dead offer.
drop-dead
adverb
- informal.outstandingly or exceptionally
drop-dead gorgeous
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of drop-dead1
Idioms and Phrases
An expression of anger, rejection, or indignation toward someone. For example, I should do all that work for you? Drop dead! This rude imperative is usually hyperbolic, that is, the speaker is not literally asking someone to die on the spot. [c. 1930] Curiously, the adjective (and adverb) drop-dead is not at all insulting. Rather, it means 鈥渄azzling鈥 or 鈥渁we-inspiring,鈥 as in She wore a drop-dead outfit that all the other women admired . This usage originated in slangy journalism in the 1960s.Example Sentences
He was as militant a union man as I ever met, and I have met a few in my day, and moreover, he was drop-dead brilliant.
She claimed he said she was 鈥渟o drop-dead gorgeous鈥 and then invited her to his home.
Pushed out of mind by a handful of deadline delays, Californians now face another drop-dead date to apply for the Real ID if they plan to travel domestically next year.
For putting together a ticket, Mr. Davis said, 鈥淎pril 15 is kind of their drop-dead date.鈥
The deal has a 鈥渄rop-dead鈥 date of July, until which JetBlue must use its best-faith efforts to close the transaction, including appealing the judge鈥檚 ruling.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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