Meaning of over my dead body | Babel Free
/oʊ.vɚ maɪ dɛd bɑ.di/Definitions
Under no circumstances; absolutely not.
excessive, idiomatic, informal, usually
Equivalents
Čeština
jen přes mou mrtvolu
Deutsch
nur über meine Leiche
Ελληνικά
πάνω από το πτώμα μου
日本語
そんなことは絶対させない
Nederlands
over mijn lijk
Polski
po moim trupie
Русский
через мой труп
Svenska
över min döda kropp
Examples
“"Can I get a new sports car?" "Over my dead body!"”
““An’ now I hear you’re sendin’ our flagship Pastores out at four o’clock this afternoon with another cock-eyed cross between a giraffe an’ a Gila monster— / “By my soul, never!” yells th’ G.P.A., jumpin’ up like a bumb has gone off under him. “If the Pastores sails with that red-skirted gorilless aboard, it’ll be over my dead body!””
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.