tickle (one) to death

To please one greatly. Thank you so much for this. I know that it will tickle Tom to death to get a jersey signed by his favorite quarterback. My family loves my girlfriend almost as much as I do, so it tickled them to death to hear that we're getting married.

tickle someone to death

1. Fig. to tickle someone a great deal. Bobby nearly tickled Tim to death. Tim was left breathless. We got him down and tickled him to death.

2. and tickle someone to pieces Fig. to please someone a great deal. (See also tickle someone pink.) What you told her just tickled her to death! That story just tickles me to pieces.

词组	tickle (one) to death
释义	tickle (one) to death tickle (one) to death To please one greatly. Thank you so much for this. I know that it will tickle Tom to death to get a jersey signed by his favorite quarterback. My family loves my girlfriend almost as much as I do, so it tickled them to death to hear that we're getting married. See also: death, tickle Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. tickle someone to death 1. Fig. to tickle someone a great deal. Bobby nearly tickled Tim to death. Tim was left breathless. We got him down and tickled him to death. 2. and tickle someone to pieces Fig. to please someone a great deal. (See also tickle someone pink.) What you told her just tickled her to death! That story just tickles me to pieces. See also: death, tickle McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. See also: tickle to death tickle (one) to pieces tickle pink tickle (one) pink one final thing one last thing fancy slap and tickle be swept off (one's) feet one last word
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