drop dead

See also: drop-dead

English

Verb

drop dead

1. (intransitive) to die suddenly.
2. (intransitive, figuratively) to be appalled or mortified.
   • 1965, James Holledge, What Makes a Call Girl?, London: Horwitz Publications, page 90:

     `My parents would drop dead if they knew,' she said.

Translations

to die suddenly

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 猝死 (zh) (cùsǐ)

• Dutch: doodvallen (nl)
• Finnish: kaatua kuolleena maahan, kuolla äkillisesti
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• French: tomber raide mort
• Hungarian: szörnyethal
• Italian: morire improvvisamente, crepare (it)

Interjection

drop dead

1. Used angrily to express disgust, contempt, derision, etc., toward another person.

Translations

an angry expletive

• Dutch: val dood (nl)
• Finnish: haista paska (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: crepa (it), al diavolo
• Russian: чтоб ты сдох (štob ty sdox)

See also

• drop-dead

Anagrams

• dead drop