{"id":2220,"date":"2017-06-06T16:14:27","date_gmt":"2017-06-06T16:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=2220"},"modified":"2017-06-06T16:14:27","modified_gmt":"2017-06-06T16:14:27","slug":"idiomatic-expressions-with-die","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/idiomatic-expressions-with-die\/","title":{"rendered":"Idiomatic expressions with die"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Die out<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When a species dies out, it becomes extinct. Die out can also mean subside, wane or fade away.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Plants died out for want of water.<\/li>\n<li>The chiming of the bell died out.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Die down<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If something dies down, it becomes less strong or loud.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The noise died down.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Be dying for \/ be dying to do<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When you are dying for something, you are very eager to have it.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>She is dying for a brand new mobile phone.<\/li>\n<li>The mother is dying to meet her daughter.<\/li>\n<li>I am dying to see my homeland again.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Die hard<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This expression is used to talk about something that changes very slowly.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Old habits die hard.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Never say die<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An expression used to mean that one must not give up hope.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It was his never say die spirit that helped him overcome many setbacks in his life.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>To die for = very good or desirable<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>She has a face to die for. (= She has a very desirable or good face.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The die is cast<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In this expression the word \u2018die\u2019 is the singular of \u2018dice\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>This expression is used to mean that an event has happened that cannot be changed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Diehard<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A diehard is a person who supports something in spite of changing circumstances.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He is a diehard romantic.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Die out When a species dies out, it becomes extinct. Die out can also mean subside, wane or fade away. Plants died out for want of water. The chiming of the bell died out.&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[469],"class_list":["post-2220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-idioms","tag-die-idioms"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2220"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2221,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2220\/revisions\/2221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}