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be the death of someone idiom humorous If you say that someone will be the death of you, you mean that they are always doing things that annoy, worry, or upset you: That child will be the death of me! How often do parents say in exasperation, " Oh, you're going to be the death of me!"? He joked that his son would be the death of him. That stupid man will be the death of me! You'll be the death of me with all your questions. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Annoying accursed aggravating annoying annoyingly ball-ache frustratingly gadfly galling gallingly gratingly irritatingly limit maddening mither naggingly spiteful stupid trying vexatious vexatiously |