to catch your death of cold

to catch your death of cold
8. to catch your death or to catch your death of cold<非正式> 得重伤风；得重感冒
- Faye, come in this minute, you'll catch your death out there! 费伊, 快进屋来, 你在外面会得重感冒的！
- I'm surprised they don't catch their death of cold, walking around with bare midriffs in mid-winter. 他们数九寒天穿着露腰装四处闲逛, 我真奇怪他们居然不得重感冒。
9. to do to death<正式> (kill) 杀死；谋杀
- He was aged only 37 when he was done to death by the British state. 他被英国政府谋杀的那年只有37岁。
(overuse) 重复使用(某物)以致令人厌烦
- That particular type of image has been done to death by advertisers recently. 那种图像近来被广告制作人重复使用, 令人厌烦。
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