do something to death

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishdo something to deathdo something to deathinformal to perform or present an idea, joke etc so often that people become tired of it Most of his material has been done to death by numerous comedians. → deathExamples from the Corpusdo something to death• Death sentences Three members of the illegal Hezbollah organization were condemned to death on March 1 by a criminal court in Tlemcen.• And no, the baby never froze to death.• Exclaiming that he was already a priest, Quirnus insisted that the magistrate put him to death.• This approach to death was appealing.• Will he be caught at last, and put to death?• That joke has been done to death.

单词	do something to death
释义	do something to death From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishdo something to deathdo something to deathinformal to perform or present an idea, joke etc so often that people become tired of it Most of his material has been done to death by numerous comedians. → deathExamples from the Corpusdo something to death• Death sentences Three members of the illegal Hezbollah organization were condemned to death on March 1 by a criminal court in Tlemcen.• And no, the baby never froze to death.• Exclaiming that he was already a priest, Quirnus insisted that the magistrate put him to death.• This approach to death was appealing.• Will he be caught at last, and put to death?• That joke has been done to death.
随便看	look down your nose at somebody/something look etc carefully look etc like nothing on earth look familiar look fixedly at look foolish look for look for somebody/something look forward to look forward to doing look forward to doing something look forward to something look ghastly look glance at your watch look glance consult your watch look good etc look good/bad etc look green about the gills look green about/around the gills look green around the gills look happy etc look here look high and low look in look in the eye