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be killing someone

cause severe physical pain

If something is killing you, it is causing you very severe physical pain.

B1 very common mostly spoken

expression

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Are you okay?

My knee is killing me today.

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My shoulders are killing me after carrying those boxes upstairs.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: My feet are killing to me.

Say: My feet are killing me.

The person in pain comes directly after "killing," without "to."

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How it fits in a sentence.

my feet are killing me; my back was killing me

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My shoulders are killing me after carrying those boxes upstairs.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

be killing someone

cause severe physical pain

“My shoulders are killing me after carrying those boxes upstairs.”

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