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If you say something will happen over your dead body, you mean that you will do everything you can to prevent it: "Joe says he's going to buy a motorbike ." "Over my dead body !" SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Preventing and impeding.
You use over my dead body to say that you will do everything you can to prevent something happening. They will destroy Penbrook Farm only over my dead body. Arnold Schwarzenegger's wife told him he would go into politics `over her dead body'. See also: body, dead, over.
Over my dead body. Meaning. Said when you absolutely refuse to allow something to happen. Examples. He bullied me at school and now you want to promote him. Over my dead body!
over my dead body. said to mean that you dislike a plan or action that has been suggested, and will do everything you can to prevent it. They will get Penbrook Farm only over my dead body. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.
Over my dead body! This idiom originates from the late 18th century, but it was not in popular use until the 1850s ( evidence ). It is a metonym for "you must kill me first" or "I will fight to the death to prevent this."
In no way, under no circumstances, as in Over my dead body will you drop out of high school . This hyperbolic expression is often used jokingly. [Early 1800s]
Jun 2, 2024 · over my dead body (idiomatic, usually hyperbolic) Under no circumstances; absolutely not.
