perishing

动词 perish:

1. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
   同义词：die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it

1. He's too perishing mean to pay his share.
   他小气极了，连自己的那份钱也不付。
2. I can't get in I've lost the perishing key!
   我进不去－－我把该死的钥匙丢了。