Both Uses
perish
in
On the Beach
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- It's perishing cold up there.†
Chpt 7 *perishing = dying or being destroyed; or extremely cold
- Look, Mummy, it's going to be perishing cold in the buggy.†
Chpt 7
Definitions:
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(1)
(perish) to die -- especially in an unnatural way
or:
to be destroyed or cease to existYou may encounter an informal expression, "Perish the thought." It means that the speaker hopes the thought will cease to exist and the thing it represents will never happen. - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)