. . . 死我了 - . . . to death!

You've probably heard people say 累死我了 (I'm so tired!), 吓死我了 (you scared me to death!) and 气死我了 (I'm really p***ed off!). Using an adjective followed in this way by '死我了' gives it emphasis, literally meaning 'has killed me'.

But there's a few you don't hear so often, I heard my students using these a lot, and had to ask them what they meant:

愁死我了 (I'm worried/anxious . . . to death!)
撑死我了 (I'm full . . . to death!)

The first one - 愁 - means anxious or worried, but my students would say 愁死我了 in all kinds of situations, from having too much homework, to splitting up with their boy/girlfriend.

The second one - 撑 - means overfill, so 撑死我了 means you've eaten too much and feel like you're going to burst! My student told me that one, and my boss nearly died laughing when I came out with it after a school banquet.

Hope they come in handy, let me know if you know of any other less common ones.

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