Death

adj.

Heard in Cork

Used to describe an event or prospect that one finds highly undesirable.

What a death

Posh English

What a perfectly ghastly prospect.

Related terms

• I'll scissors kick 'em to death!A threat of swift and violent retribution, typically a kicking.
• Mid-west death noticesThe comings and goings, literally, from the west of Ireland.
• Tied to a cow's arse & scuttered to deathTo illustrate that things could not possibly be any worse.
• An the way outA person who is near death. An means 'on'.
• AngisFeeling profoundly unwell, sickly, or looking like death warmed up.
• DidhediedodaddydidheAn eager inquiry after news of a death, typically delivered in one rapid breath.