to the utmost extent, until the cows come home
eş: bis der Arzt kommt, Ausdauer, Energie, ausgeht, Kraft, verlässt
köken: Literally, “until [one] can't anymore”.
to death · very, extremely, as hell, no end
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see a, morte. · so as to cause death · to death
köken: Literally, “to death”. Compare French à mort.
condannare a morte
sparare a morte qualcuno
annoiato a morte
ad nauseam (being repeated too often)
köken: Unadapted borrowing from Latin ad nauseam.
ad nauseam (to a nauseating or sickening degree)
köken: Literally, “until boredom”.
dead, to death (into being dead due to some action)
köken: The translative singular of kuolla (“to die”) + -ias (*kuolias, which does not exist as an independent adjective).
aile: puolikuoliaaksi
ampua kuoliaaksi
jäätyä kuoliaaksi
Attached to verbs to indicate a deadly physical force: to death. · Attached to verbs to express exaggeration: to an excessive degree.
köken: From agy (“brain”) + -on (superessive suffix), literally “on [the] brain”.
agyon- + lő (“to shoot”) → agyonlő (“to shoot dead”)
agyon- + üt (“to hit”) → agyonüt (“to strike dead”)
agyon- + un (“to be bored of”) → agyonunja magát (“to be bored to death”)
to death · to death (to a great degree)
eş: til døde
köken: From late Old Danish i hæl, from Old Norse í hel (“to the netherworld”). Compare Swedish ihjäl and Norwegian Nynorsk i hel.
slå ihjel – kill, literally: beat to death
slå sig ihjel – lose one's life, be killed
slå tiden ihjel – kill time (make time seem to pass more quickly by doing nothing important)