would/could kill for (something)

would/could kill for (something)

A hyperbolic expression of one's intense desire to have or do something. Man, I could kill for some of my mom's homemade spaghetti right about now. I'm so jealous—I'd kill for a chance to go to Brazil for a month!

See also: could, for, kill

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kill for something

Sl. to be willing to go to extremes to get something that one really wants or needs. (An exaggeration.) I could kill for a cold beer.

See also: for, kill

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

kill for something

in. to be willing to go to extremes to get something that one really wants or needs. (An exaggeration.) I could kill for a cold beer.

See also: for, kill, something

McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.