Meaning of from my cold, dead hands | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Only after my death.
   excessive, literally
2. Never; not under any circumstances.
   idiomatic

Examples

“I won't have the government instituting gun control! They can have my shotgun when they pry it from my cold, dead hands.”

“You want me to sell you a family heirloom like this? Tsk, you can take it from my cold, dead hands.”

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