tickle to death



tickle someone to death

 
1. Fig. to tickle someone a great deal. Bobby nearly tickled Tim to death. Tim was left breathless. We got him down and tickled him to death.
2. and tickle someone to pieces Fig. to please someone a great deal. (See also tickle someone pink.) What you told her just tickled her to death! That story just tickles me to pieces.
See also: death, tickle

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Arrow['ærəu]
HonorÉo-no-REFrench
Dot[dɔt]
Rudi-German, Hungarian
Altair-Astronomy, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Isaakee-SAH-ahk (Russian)Russian, German, Biblical Greek