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idiomdone to deathif a subject or an idea is done to death, it is talked about or used so much that people become bored with it:Those jokes about changing lightbulbs have been done to death. We need something new.The record companies have done the 'Greatest Hits' idea to death. They never put the really good songs on them anyway. —see also to death
(redirected from done to death)do (something) to deathTo do or repeat something so often that it becomes boring or unappealing. Often used in passive constructions. Ugh, Hollywood has done superhero movies to death. Chocolates and bouquets of roses have been done to death, so I thought I'd get you something more interesting for Valentine's Day. do something to death perform or repeat something so frequently that it becomes tediously familiar.ˌdo something to ˈdeath (informal) talk or write about a subject, or perform a play, etc. so often that it is no longer interesting: Some people think that the theme of romantic love has been done to death in poetry. |