death on someone/something
death on (someone or something)
1. Hazardous to someone or something. Filing is just death on my hands in the winter—I get so many paper cuts!
2. Very strict about something. The CEO is death on absenteeism, so I wouldn't take another sick day if I were you.
3. Adept at something that requires skill. That golfer is death on putting, so I'm confident he'll only need one more stroke.
See also: death, on
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
death on someone/something
n. causing the death or destruction of someone or something. (see also death on something.) This kind of road is just death on tires.
See also: death, on, someone, something
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- (someone or something) promises well
- a/the feel of (something)
- (I) wouldn't (do something) if I were you
- (have) got something going (with someone)
- a straw will show which way the wind blows
- accompanied by
- accompanied by (someone or something)
- accompany
- a crack at (someone or something)
- all right