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dying to

dying to {adj. phr.}

Having a great desire to; being extremely eager to.

Seymour is dying to date Mathilda, but she keeps refusing him.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[die off] {v.} To die one at a time. * /The flowers are dying off because there has been no rain./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

Dying is not everything: you have to die in time. www.english-slang.com

We must laugh before we are happy, for fear of dying without having laughed at all. www.english-slang.com

(1934--) English novelist There are so many ways of us dying it's astonishing any of us choose old age. www.english-slang.com

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