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drop-dead

  (informal)

a drop-dead person or piece of clothing is very beautiful (always before noun) Her exquisite figure was shown off to the full in a drop-dead black dress. He turned up to the concert with a drop-dead gorgeous woman on his arm.

drop-dead

1. mod. stunning enough to make one drop dead. (Not literal.) I had my living room done in a bright drop-dead red that makes your blood run cold!

2. mod. rude, as if telling someone to drop dead. I couldn’t stand the boss’s drop-dead attitude, so I quit.