die a thousand deaths (English, verb)
expansion: die a thousand deaths (third-person singular simple present dies a thousand deaths, present participle dying a thousand deaths, simple past and past participle died a thousand deaths)
Senses:
qualifier: rhetorical
glosses: To die many times over (usually as preferred over some other undesirable action or occurrence).
glosses: To suffer repeatedly (often mentally rather than physically); to suffer extreme embarrassment or anxiety.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: dies a thousand deaths
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: dying a thousand deaths
tags: participle
present
form: died a thousand deaths
tags: participle
past
form: died a thousand deaths
tags: past