catch one's death (of cold)

catch one's death (of cold)
catch one's death (of cold) & take one's death (of cold)
Fig. to contract a cold, a common respiratory infection; to catch a serious cold. (See also catch cold.) •

If I go out in this weather, I'll catch my death of cold.

Dress up warm or you'll take your death.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • catch one's death (of cold) — informal catch a severe cold. → death …   English new terms dictionary

  • catch one's death of cold — ► catch one s death (of cold) informal catch a severe cold. Main Entry: ↑death …   English terms dictionary

  • catch one's death — see under ↑death • • • Main Entry: ↑catch * * * I catch one s death (of cold) see death II catch one s death (of cold) …   Useful english dictionary

  • catch one's death — ► catch one s death (of cold) informal catch a severe cold. Main Entry: ↑death …   English terms dictionary

  • catch one's death (of cold) —   Get a (severe) chill …   A concise dictionary of English slang

  • catch\ one's\ death\ of — • catch one s death of • take one s death of v. phr. informal To become very ill with (a cold, pneumonia, flu). Johnny fell in the icy water and almost took his death of cold. Sometimes used in the short form catch your death. Johnny! Come right… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • catch one's death of — or[take one s death of] {v. phr.}, {informal} To become very ill with (a cold, pneumonia, flu). * /Johnny fell in the icy water and almost took his death of cold./ Sometimes used in the short form catch your death. * / Johnny! Come right in here… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • catch one's death of — or[take one s death of] {v. phr.}, {informal} To become very ill with (a cold, pneumonia, flu). * /Johnny fell in the icy water and almost took his death of cold./ Sometimes used in the short form catch your death. * / Johnny! Come right in here… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • catch one's death — contract a severe cold or illness …   English contemporary dictionary

  • take\ one's\ death\ of — • catch one s death of • take one s death of v. phr. informal To become very ill with (a cold, pneumonia, flu). Johnny fell in the icy water and almost took his death of cold. Sometimes used in the short form catch your death. Johnny! Come right… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • death — ► NOUN 1) the action or fact of dying. 2) an instance of a person or an animal dying. 3) the state of being dead. 4) the end of something. ● at death s door Cf. ↑at death s door ● …   English terms dictionary

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