"Dying from opportunities"

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Hi,I'm new to this forum, as you can see. Here's my first question:When someone says he has been dying from opportunites, what does he mean?

Khoff · Accepted Answer

Welcome to English forums!  Sorry I can't help with your first question, but I've never heard anyone say that.  It's not a common expression.  Can you give us any context?

Leem72 · Answer

Hello and welcome to English Forums,

I'm not familiar with this phrase either, but I have heard of someone who was 'dying for an opportunity'. This means they were very eager to be given the opportunity.

In English we often use the word 'dying' to express a strong feeling. For example- "I've been dying to meet you" or "I'm dying to hear about your holiday". It has nothing at all to do with dying!

Hope this of some help,
Lee

Yonyz · Answer

Thanks, khoff. As for the context, here's the whole paragraph, taken from the back cover of a time-management book called Getting Things Done: "For someone who has been dying from good opportunities for years, Getting Things Done came along in the nick of time. David Allen's strategies for getting on top of your workload are unvaluable. Read this book!".

leem72: I know what dying FOR something means. But dying FROM good opportunities... It just doesn't make any sense to me.

Edit: Thinking about it now, I have a guess for what it means. The quoted text are of someone who says that the book has helped him. Since the book is about time-management, maybe he means that now, when he can manage his time, he can use the so many opportunities he gets. But thats just a guess...

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