(会員）2017年３月２4日 (Fri) English Live Lesson

(会員）2017年３月２4日 (Fri) English Live Lesson

1. I’m dead. = I’m tired.

2. I’m dead. = I’m in big trouble.

3. My phone is dead. = 電池が切れた

4. dead on arrival / dead in the water = already failed
Trump’s healthcare bill is dead on arrival.
 Trump’s healthcare bill is dead in the water. = It’s not going to succeed. It has already failed.

5. dead = a stressor, a way to emphasize st
She’s drop dead gorgeous.
You are dead wrong.
You are dead right!

6. a dead ringer = a person who looks exactly like someone else
You’re a dead ringer for your father/mother.

7. dead center = exact middle
dead ahead = straight ahead

8. He is dead from the neck up.  = He is stupid.

9. I’m dead serious. = I’m not joking.

10. I wouldn’t be caught dead there. = I would never go there.
I wouldn’t be caught dead with him. = I would never be with him.

11. A: How about a kiss, baby?  
B: Over my dead body. = NO WAY!!!

12. He is as dead as a doornail = He is dead.

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Kill idioms
1. Kill me now. = I am so bored or annoyed.

2. to kill on stage = to do a great job

3. I will do it, even if it kills me.

4. to kill time = 時間をつぶす
I like to kill time by going to the shopping mall.

5. to be dressed to kill = to be dressed up very well — often sexy
She was dressed to kill.

6. I could tell you but then I’d have to kill you.

7. to kill for = really want sb
I could kill for some pizza right now.
I would kill for some pizza right now.
I could / would die for some pizza right now.