Johnny fell in the icy water and almost took his death of cold.
"Johnny! Come right in here and put your coat and hat on. You'll catch your death!"
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
take one's death of — See: CATCH ONE S DEATH OF … Dictionary of American idioms
take one's death of — See: CATCH ONE S DEATH OF … Dictionary of American idioms
take one's death — phrasal : to expose oneself to death (as by catching cold or a disease) … Useful english dictionary
take one's life away — index dispatch (put to death) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
catch\ one's\ death\ of — • catch one s death of • take one s death of v. phr. informal To become very ill with (a cold, pneumonia, flu). Johnny fell in the icy water and almost took his death of cold. Sometimes used in the short form catch your death. Johnny! Come right… … Словарь американских идиом
catch one's death of — or[take one s death of] {v. phr.}, {informal} To become very ill with (a cold, pneumonia, flu). * /Johnny fell in the icy water and almost took his death of cold./ Sometimes used in the short form catch your death. * / Johnny! Come right in here… … Dictionary of American idioms
catch one's death of — or[take one s death of] {v. phr.}, {informal} To become very ill with (a cold, pneumonia, flu). * /Johnny fell in the icy water and almost took his death of cold./ Sometimes used in the short form catch your death. * / Johnny! Come right in here… … Dictionary of American idioms
take one's life in one's hands — idi take one s life in one s hands, to risk death knowingly … From formal English to slang
death — See: AT DEATH S DOOR, BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH, CATCH ONE S DEATH OF or TAKE ONE S DEATH OF, SIGN ONE S OWN DEATH WARRANT, TO DEATH … Dictionary of American idioms
death — See: AT DEATH S DOOR, BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH, CATCH ONE S DEATH OF or TAKE ONE S DEATH OF, SIGN ONE S OWN DEATH WARRANT, TO DEATH … Dictionary of American idioms
