faint dead away

To lose consciousness; to pass out. I don't know what happened, I just got dizzy all of a sudden and fainted dead away.

faint dead away

Fig. to faint and fall unconscious. I almost fainted dead away. David will faint dead away when he reads this.

See also: away, dead, faint

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

See also:

be away with the fairies
are we away
Are we away?
drain away
away
draw away
do away with
do away with (someone, something, or oneself)
draw away from (someone or something)
dwindle away

References in classic literature

I don't know now what made you faint dead away when I opened it.

Law and the Lady

We were both major, serious, intent raptor guys, delighted to try to discern the difference between, say, a kestrel and a jay, which are about the same size, although one can dismember a mouse in seconds and the other would faint dead away if dismemberment was on the syllabus.

We talked about love, but we used hawk words

Did he think I was going to faint dead away if this showed up on my plate unawares?

Bob's Your Uncle

And every time this Champollion--compiler of lists of famous dogs and old kings, reader of Arabic grammars, Persian dictionaries, Coptic, and Syriac, youngest-ever member of the Academie Delphinale--makes another linguistic breakthrough into the encrypted past of crocodiles and clitorectomies, he seems to faint dead away, at least once into an eight-day coma.

New books

I did not get the chance to faint dead away when meeting someone called Dwayne,or Kyle, or Jaz.

Why Matt needn't be finis he d

词组	faint dead away
释义	faint dead away faint dead away To lose consciousness; to pass out. I don't know what happened, I just got dizzy all of a sudden and fainted dead away. See also: away, dead, faint Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. faint dead away Fig. to faint and fall unconscious. I almost fainted dead away. David will faint dead away when he reads this. See also: away, dead, faint McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. See also: be away with the fairies are we away Are we away? drain away away draw away do away with do away with (someone, something, or oneself) draw away from (someone or something) dwindle away References in classic literature I don't know now what made you faint dead away when I opened it. Law and the Lady We were both major, serious, intent raptor guys, delighted to try to discern the difference between, say, a kestrel and a jay, which are about the same size, although one can dismember a mouse in seconds and the other would faint dead away if dismemberment was on the syllabus. We talked about love, but we used hawk words Did he think I was going to faint dead away if this showed up on my plate unawares? Bob's Your Uncle And every time this Champollion--compiler of lists of famous dogs and old kings, reader of Arabic grammars, Persian dictionaries, Coptic, and Syriac, youngest-ever member of the Academie Delphinale--makes another linguistic breakthrough into the encrypted past of crocodiles and clitorectomies, he seems to faint dead away, at least once into an eight-day coma. New books I did not get the chance to faint dead away when meeting someone called Dwayne,or Kyle, or Jaz. Why Matt needn't be finis he d
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