- à la mort
[à la mort 词源字典]
- "To (the) death; mortally, fatally. Also hyperbolically . Compare amort. Now somewhat rare", Mid 16th cent.; earliest use found in Robert Copland (fl. 1505–1547), translator and printer. From Middle French, French à la mort desperate, to (the) death (1500 in battre jusqu'à la mort to beat (someone) to death) from à la + mort.[à la mort etymology, à la mort origin, 英语词源]