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Death warmed upIf someone looks like death warmed up, they look very ill indeed. ('death warmed over' is the American form)
Death of a thousand cuts
If something is suffering the death of a thousand cuts, or death by a thousand cuts, lots of small bad things are happening, none of which are fatal in themselves, but which add up to a slow and painful demise.
At death's door
If someone is at death's door, they are very ill and close to death. If someone looks as if they are at death's door, they look seriously unwell and might actually be dying.
Cheat death
If someone cheats death, they narrowly avoid a major problem or accident.
Kiss of death
The kiss of death is an action that means failure or ruin for someone, a scheme, a plan, etc.
Sick to death
If you are sick to death of something, you have been exposed to so much of it that you cannot take any more.
Done to death
If a joke or story has been done to death, it has been told so often that it has stopped being funny.
Dice with death
If you do something that is very dangerous, you are dicing with death.
Brush with death
If someone comes very close to dying but live, they have a brush with death.
Fate worse than death
Describing something as a fate worse than death is a fairly common way of implying that it is unpleasant.
Matter of life and death
If something is a matter of life and death, it is extremely important.
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