dying to know

dying to know (something)

Eager and excited to learn something. We found out the baby's sex because I was just dying to know if we were having a boy or a girl! Come on in and tell me everything—I am dying to know what happened last night! I'm dying to know if I passed my Bio exam because, if I don't, I'll have to go to summer school.

See also: dying, know, to

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dying to know (something)

Fig. very eager to know something. I'm just dying to know how your weekend went.

See also: dying, know, to

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