I'm dying in the sun. 烈日下死去。（一首歌的歌词 肯定对）He died a slow and painful death. 他缓慢而痛苦地死去。 （查字典的 肯定对）He was sentenced to death .他被判处死刑。Two children went burnt to death in the fire.2个小孩死于火灾。The poor man looks more dead than alive.这个可怜的年青人看上去半死不活。 肯定对

a dead dog是没有用的人
a lucky dog是幸运儿，在英语中dog不一定就是指“狗”，例如homeless dog 也可以解释为流浪汉
a yellow dog是指“杂种”和卑鄙的人
a black sheep是害群之马
a wise bird是明智的人
a beautiful bird是指美丽的女孩
an early bird是指早起者
由上可以看出，在英语中也是有一些延伸意，这些短语是不能直接从字面翻译的

make a pig of owww.souquanme.comneself 过分地吃喝
PIG MIGHT FLY 表示不相信.奇迹很少发生的.
Bring one's pig to the worng market 卖东西吃亏
buy a pig in a poke 乱买.瞎买.
go to the dog 堕落,败坏
die like a dog 潦倒而死
a dog in the manger 占着茅坑不拉屎的人. love me love my dog(爱屋及乌) a ease of dog eat dog 残酷的竞争; 损人利己的角逐
a dead dog 已经失去作用的人[物], 废物
A good dog deserves a good bone. [谚]好狗应该啃好骨头, 有功者受赏。
A living dog is better than a dead lion. [谚]死狮不如活狗。
A staff is quickly found to beat a dog with. [谚]欲加之罪, 何患无辞。
Every dog has his day. [谚]凡人皆有得意日。
Every dog is valiant at his own door. [谚]狗是百步王, 只在门前凶。
Every dog is a lion at home. [谚]狗是百步王, 只在门前凶。
Fight dog, fight bear. [谚]打个青红皂白, 一决雌雄。
Give a dog a bad name. [谚]一旦给人加一个坏名声, 他就永远洗刷不掉; 人言可畏
make a pig of oneself 狼吞虎咽, 大吃大喝
please the pigs [谑]如果情况许可, 要是一切顺利
sell a pig in a poke 用欺骗手段出售货品; 挂羊头卖狗肉
sell a pig in a bag 用欺骗手段出售货品; 挂羊头卖狗肉
stick pigs (骑在马上)以梭镖猎野猪
sweat like a pig [口](因出力或恐惧而)全身冒汗
teach a pig to play on a flute [口]教//www.souquanme.com猪吹笛, 做荒唐[不可能]的事
The pigs ran through it. [方]事情因有人干预而不能进行。
We don't kill a pig every day. [口]我们不是天天设宴行乐。
What can you expect from a pig but a grunt. [口]狗嘴里吐不出搜趣网象牙来(用来讲粗野无礼的话的人)。

B是正确答案。
death是名词，在这里的意思是死亡。
dying是形容词，一般是用在正在进行的动作。比如：He is dying。
dead是形容词，一般是形容已经死亡了的人或物。 a dead dog。
died是die的过去时，she died four years ago.