to the death | Idiomator

Meaning: (set phrase,of a contest)That willcontinueuntil one of thecontestantsdies.The two gladiators foughtto the death.1946December 5,Military Information: Sinkiang Rebellions 1931-1937‎[1],page 9:Within the independent government of the East Turkestan Republic, while Sabid-da-Mulla insisted upon defending the Old City of Kashgarto the death, Mahum and Nias wanted to quit the Old City for the time being, withdraw to Ying-chi-sha, and plan a second uprising.; (idiomatic)To theutmostdegree.1899February,Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, inBlackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company,[…],→OCLC, part I,page208:Then, alluding with a toss of the head to the tumult in the station-yard, ‘When one has got to make correct entries, one comes to hate those savages - hate themto the death.’ He remained thoughtful for a moment.

Examples:

EN: In her trial at the criminal court today, an unanimous jury found the actress Mary Baring guilty of the murder of Ellen Moore, wife of theatre director Moore, and sentenced her to the death penalty.
ES: Después de su juicio en el tribunal penal, ...la actriz Mary Baring ha sido encontrada culpable del asesinato de Ellen Moore, ...la esposa del director del teatro, ...y condenada a la pena de muerte.
EN: I just been over to the death house.
ES: Acabo de estar en el corredor de la muerte.
EN: Fathers, drink to the death of sons!
ES: ¡Padres bebiendo por la muerte de los hijos!
EN: Well, I work my way through this joint right up to the death house.
ES: Por fin he llegado a la celda de los condenados a muerte.
EN: - Silence to the death.
ES: - Callado hasta la muerte.
EN: That's why I've gotta go up to the death house tonight.
ES: Por eso debo ir al corredor de la muerte.
EN: But he is despised, led to the death as a criminal.
ES: Pero él será despreciado, llevado a la muerte como un criminal.
EN: A rifleman fights to the death, but never retreats
ES: El caballero del arcabuz se enfrenta con la muerte, pero no retrocede nunca.
EN: No fighting to the death for the rifleman?
ES: ¿El caballero del arcabuz ya no se enfrenta con la muerte?
EN: Does your medical license admit Jan to certify to the death of your patients?
ES: ¿Su licencia médica reconoce a Jan para certificar la muerte de sus pacientes?
EN: And I'll defend to the death your right to worship as you wish.
ES: Y defenderé a muerte vuestro derecho a adorar lo que os plazca.
EN: Now, folks, just before Mr. Schultz was tooken with that attack, he and the parson were on the verge of going into one of the most sensational hand-to-hand struggles to the death ever seen on any stage.
ES: Ahora, amigos, antes de que el Sr. Schultz sufriera ese ataque, él y el pastor estaban a punto de enredarse en una sensacional... lucha a muerte cuerpo a cuerpo, jamás vista en un escenario.
EN: -Right up to the death of her grandmother.
ES: Hasta la muerte de su abuela.
EN: Victory! Fight to the death!
ES: Morir por la patria.
EN: And swear to fight to the death against our oppressors!
ES: ¡Jurad que lucharéis a muerte contra ellos!

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