be tickled to death

be tickled to death
be tickled pink/to death old-fashioned to be extremely pleased about something.

Val was tickled pink when Susan asked her to be bridesmaid at her wedding.


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  • tickled to death — very pleased. We were tickled to death that she finally got the Tony award for best actress …   New idioms dictionary

  • be tickled pink death — be tickled pink/to death old fashioned to be extremely pleased about something. Val was tickled pink when Susan asked her to be bridesmaid at her wedding …   New idioms dictionary

  • tickled to death — died of laughter, laughed uncontrollably …   English contemporary dictionary

  • tickled to death —  Delighted …   A concise dictionary of English slang

  • tickled — Synonyms and related words: amused, attracted, cathectic, charmed, comfortable, concerned, content, contented, cozy, curious, delighted, diverted, easy, entertained, enthusiastic, eupeptic, euphoric, excited, exhilarated, fascinated, favorably… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • tickled pink — the kids were tickled pink when we mentioned Disney World Syn: delighted, thrilled, tickled to death, jumping for joy, high as a kite, pleased as punch, over the moon …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • to death — {adv. phr.}, {informal} To the limit; to the greatest degree possible. Used for emphasis with verbs such as scare , frighten , bore . * /Cowboy stories bore me to death, but I like mysteries./ * /Sara is scared to death of snakes./ * /John is… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • to death — {adv. phr.}, {informal} To the limit; to the greatest degree possible. Used for emphasis with verbs such as scare , frighten , bore . * /Cowboy stories bore me to death, but I like mysteries./ * /Sara is scared to death of snakes./ * /John is… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • to\ death — adv. phr. informal To the limit; to the greatest degree possible. Used for emphasis with verbs such as scare , frighten , bore . Cowboy stories bore me to death, but I like mysteries. Sara is scared to death of snakes. John is tickled to death… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • to death — adverb To a great degree; to the greatest degree possible, to excess.<! He had run two miles, through the woods, to see the new baby. There were more wild cats than babies in the woods of Kentucky. Besides, this baby was his cousin. He said… …   Wiktionary

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