will be the death of

will be the death of someone or something (yet)

[the thing named] will be the end or ruin of someone or something. This job will be the death of me! Rough roads will be the death of these tires.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Enguerrand	-	Medieval French
Alphaeus	al-FEE-əs (English)	Biblical, Biblical Latin
Remei	rə-MAY	Catalan
Eliisa	E-lee:-sah	Finnish
Gizella	-	Hungarian
Norberto	nor-BER-to (Spanish, Italian)	Spanish, Portuguese, Italian