would/could kill for (something)
would/could kill for (something)
A hyperbolic expression of one's intense desire to have or do something. Man, I could kill for some of my mom's homemade spaghetti right about now. I'm so jealous—I'd kill for a chance to go to Brazil for a month!
See also: could, kill
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
kill for something
Sl. to be willing to go to extremes to get something that one really wants or needs. (An exaggeration.) I could kill for a cold beer.
See also: kill
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
kill for something
in. to be willing to go to extremes to get something that one really wants or needs. (An exaggeration.) I could kill for a cold beer.
See also: kill, something
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- kill for
- kill for something
- have an appetite for
- have an appetite for (something)
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- greatest thing since sliced bread
- greatest thing since sliced bread, the
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- the greatest thing since indoor plumbing
- the greatest thing since sliced bread