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A Murder Is Announced ( Agatha Christie book )
A View To A
Kill
( James Bond movie Roger Moore )
At death's door
Badgered to
death
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Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer came down upon her head ( The Beatles song lyric )
Because I could not stop for
death
he kindly stopped for me ( from a poem by Dickinson )
Billy The Kid ( Nickname of Henry McCarty aka William Bonney )
Blow your brains out
Blown away
Blue murder
Blue screen of
death
Blunt instrument
Bored to
death
Brush with
death
Bump off
Cake or
death
( line from Eddie Izzard comedy )
Catch your
death
of cold
Cement overcoat
Cement shoes
Character
assassination
Chicago overcoat
Chicago piano
Concrete shoes
Cop killer
Cot
death
Cowards may die many times before their
death
Dance of
death
Dead man walking
Dead men tell no tales
Death
In Venice ( Dirk Bogade / Luchino Visconti movie )
Death
On The Nile ( Agatha Christie book )
Death
On The Orient Express ( Agatha Christie book )
Death
Valley ( tourist attraction in Arizona USA )
Death
by PowerPoint
Death
by a thousand cuts
Death
by chocolate
Death
by committee
Death
by misadventure
Death
is nature's way of telling you to slow down
Death
metal
Death
of a Salesman ( play by Arthur Miller )
Death
trap
Dice with
death
Die a
death
Do something to
death
Don't give a
hang
Done to
death
Double Indemnity ( Billy Wilder movie )
Dressed to
kill
Drive by shooting
Fate worse than
death
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Get away with murder
Get the
hang
of it
Give a dog a bad name and
hang
him
Give a man enough rope and he will
hang
himself
Give him enough rope and he'll
hang
himself
Give me liberty or give me
death
Go in for the
kill
Go postal
Grim
death
Grip of
death
Group of
death
( the most difficult or competitive group in a sports tournament )
Hang
a left
Hang
a right
Hang
about
Hang
around with
Hang
back
Hang
by the neck until dead
Hang
fire
Hang
him out to dry
Hang
in there
Hang
loose
Hang
on
Hang
on a minute
Hang
on by your fingertips
Hang
on every word
Hang
on for dear life
Hang
on like grim
death
Hang
on to your shirt tails
Hang
out
Hang
out with
Hang
out your shingle
Hang
ten
Hang
time
Hang
tough
Hang
up your boots
Hang
up your hat
Hang
up your sword
Hang
your hat on
Hang
your head
Hit list
How To Murder Your Wife ( Jack Lemmon movie )
I could murder a cup of tea
I could murder a curry
I'd
kill
for a cup of tea
If I tell you, I'll have to
kill
you
If looks could
kill
In at the
death
In at the
kill
In the midst of life we are in
death
Into the valley of
death
rode the six hundred
Jack the Ripper ( Nickname of Victorian murderer )
Kill
Bill ( Quentin Tarantino movie )
Kill
or be killed
Kill
or cure
Kill
stone dead
Kill
the fatted calf
Kill
the goose that lays the golden egg
Kill
time
Kill
time until time kills you
Kill
two birds with one stone
Kill
with kindness
Killing
In The Name Of Love ( Firewind song )
Killing
Me Softly With His Song ( Roberta Flack song
Killing
the goose that lays the golden eggs
Kiss of
death
Let it all
hang
out
Licence To
Kill
( James Bond movie Timothy Dalton )
Licensed to
kill
Life after
death
Life and
death
struggle
Like
death
warmed up
Look
death
in the eye
Make a
killing
Matter of life and
death
Meat is murder
Merchant of
death
Mercy
killing
Murder On The Dance Floor ( Sophie Ellis-Bexter song )
Murder will out
Near
death
experience
Not up to
snuff
Nothing is certain but
death
and taxes
On
death
row
On pain of
death
Out of the jaws of
death
Put out a contract on
Put the fear of
death
into someone
Put to
death
Road
kill
Scared to
death
Scream bloody murder
Scream blue murder
Shoot to
kill
Shot while trying to escape
Sick to
death
of
Slay
the dragon
Snuff
out
Son of Sam ( Nickname of David Berkowitz )
Stop it you're
killing
me
Stronger ( What Doesn't
Kill
You ) ( Kelly Clarkson song )
Take someone out
That which does not
kill
us makes us stronger ( Friedrich Nietzsche quotation )
The Acid-bath Killer ( Nickname of John Haigh )
The Angel of
Death
( Nickname of Josef Mengele )
The Boston Strangler ( Nickname of Albert DeSalvo )
The Clown Killer ( Nickname of John Gacy )
The Hillside Strangler ( Nickname of Alessio and Angelo )
The Hypochondriac's Guide To Life And
Death
( Gene Weingarten book )
The Living
Death
( Nickname of Lew Jenkins )
The Lonesome
Death
Of Hattie Carroll ( Bob Dylan song )
The Masque of the Red
Death
The Moors Murderers ( Nickname of Ian Brady and Myra Hindley )
The Scottish play
The Shining ( Stanley Kubrick movie )
The Silence Of The Lambs ( Jodie Foster / Anthony Hopkins movie )
The Zodiac Killer ( Nickname of Seda Heriberto )
The body is still warm
The
killing
fields
The reports of my
death
are greatly exaggerated
The valley of the shadow of
death
( line from the Lord's Prayer )
The wages of sin is
death
There are more ways of
killing
a cat than choking it with cream
Thou shalt not
kill
Tickled to
death
Till
Death
Us Do Part ( BBC comedy television series )
Time to
kill
To
Kill
A Mockingbird ( Gregory Peck movie )
Until
death
do us part
Up to
snuff
Wall of
death
Whispering
Death
( Nickname of Michael Holding - West Indies cricketer )
You'll be the
death
of me
You're
killing
me