Idiom: tickled to death
Definition
Idiom: tickled to death
- to be very pleased or happy about something
- to be very amused
Example sentences
— We are tickled to death with our new puppy even though he’s always doing something naughty.
— I was tickled to death when my son called me "mamma" for the first time.
— My husband was tickled to death when he saw our son trying to pull the "strings" out of his coconut ice cream.
— My father is tickled to death I got a scholarship to Yale and he can't stop bragging to everyone about it.
— Did you see how tickled to death the boss was with Tessa's presentation? Of course Tessa never acknowledged that I designed it.
— My cousin is tickled to death by her eight-year-old's bad behavior but no one else finds it very amusing.
— We're tickled to death every time our two-year-old laughs. She sounds like an 80-year-old woman who's smoked cigarettes her whole life.
— My daughter is tickled to death she's been invited to her senior prom.
Synonyms
- tickled pink
- floating on air
- pleased as punch
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