die for:

1. As in: S/He's to-die-for , descriptive of someone extremely beautiful or desirable .

Quote: The deadly Poison Ivy (Uma Thurman) in Batman-and-Robin (1997): ' I really am to-die-for .'

2. To desire someone or something strongly.

Quote: Elmer (Robert Woolsey) and Jerry (Paul Page) in Kentucky Kernels (1934):
-- Elmer Dugan: ' No woman is worth dying for .'
-- Jerry Bronson: ' You don't know my Joan. She's so beautiful. She's Juno, Venus and Aphrodite all rolled into one .'
-- Elmer Dugan: ' Yeah, well I'll take Mae West .'

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