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ESLBeginner Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Will kill to do

Hello, would you please tell me what's the meaning of 'sb. would kill to do sth.' ? thanks.
  

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It means that they have a very strong desire to do it. Literally it means that they are so desperate they would kill someone in order to do it, but of course it usually is not meant literally.

  • It means that they have a very strong desire to do it.
  • Literally it means that they are so desperate they would kill someone in order to do it, but of course it usually is not meant literally.
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It means that they have a very strong desire to do it.

Literally it means that they are so desperate they would kill someone in order to do it, but of course it usually is not meant literally.
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Die is also used in similar situations.

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