tickle someone to death

tickle someone to death
tickle someone to death
1. Fig. to tickle someone a great deal. •

Bobby nearly tickled Tim to death. Tim was left breathless.

We got him down and tickled him to death.

2. and tickle someone to pieces Fig. to please someone a great deal. (See also tickle someone pink.) •

What you told her just tickled her to death!

That story just tickles me to pieces.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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