Meaning of idioms with KILL
kill 2 birds with 1 stone, kill time, dress to kill
Kill (v)
1 hurt very much (fig)
- – My new shoes are killing me
2 destroy or spoil the effect of
- – The bright fluorescent green shoes killed the quiet colour of her dress
kill time
– make free time pass by finding sthg to do
- – The train journey would have been very tedious if he hadn’t killed time with an interesting novel.
Kill two birds with one stone
– get 2 good results from one action
- – When I was in London for the conference I went to visit an old school friend; I killed 2 birds with one stone
dressed to kill
– dress in your best clothes in order to be admired
- – Julia dressed to kill at the film premier, she was hoping to be noticed by the director
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