What does ‘I’m dying for a coffee’ mean?

If someone says ‘I’m dying for a coffee’, they won’t really die for a coffee 😮 It just means they really want to drink a coffee. Here, ‘die for’ is a stronger way to say ‘want’.

You can us it as ‘dying to+VERB’ or ‘dying for+NOUN’.

Here are some examples:

I’m dying for a pepperoni pizza.

I’m dying to meet your new boyfriend.

I’m dying to know what happens next in the story.

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‘To die for’ is also like ‘dying for’. But ‘to die for’ it is used at the end of a clause. The meaning is also a little different. It is used for a thing that is very good or you like a lot. Here are some examples:

The food at this restaurant is to die for, it’s so good.

She was wearing a dress to die for.

These cookies are to die for.

So, what is something are you ‘dying for’? Or, what is something you think is ‘to die for’? 🙂

Extra tip!
The adjective ‘drop-dead’ is also like to ‘to die for’. It is used to talk about someone or something (eg. clothing) very beautiful. Here are some examples:
She was drop-dead gorgeous.
The actress wore a drop-dead dress to the award ceremony.