be the death of

Meaning

1. be the death of sb

   to worry or upset sb very much

   Those kids will be the death of me.

In the movies · 9

• Oh, dear boy! Dear boy, you'll be the death of me!Night and the City1950
• Well, I can tell you I'm sick to death of it.Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead1991
• What life is in that to be the death of this marriage?Much Ado About Nothing1993
• Be the death of us.Black Mirror: Bandersnatch2018
• My dad will be the death of me.Crazy Rich Asians2018
• This will be the death of the hobbits.The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring2001
• The cost of your life will be the death of othersJohn Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum2019
• I swear that boy's gonna be the death of me.The Boys in the Boat2023

Learn it in full scenes

• Night and the City1950
  • Harry Pitches His Fuel Pill to Mary
  • Mary Borrows Money From Adam
  • Harry Gets the Club Rules
• Much Ado About Nothing1993
  • Beatrice and Benedick's Merry War
  • Beatrice and Benedick Trade Insults
  • Benedick Scorns Hero and Marriage

From the same entry

• at death's door
• do to death
• frighten to death
• look like death warmed up
• put to death
• to death
• to the death
• catch your death
• cheat death
• dice with death
• die a death
• a fate worse than death