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Meaning of wouldn't be seen dead | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

To find incredibly horrifying; embarrassing or otherwise entirely unsuitable for oneself.

idiomatic

Examples

“I really don't want to buy anything. You seem by bad luck to be stocked up with just the sort of things I wouldn't be seen dead in a ditch with. I can't stand rubber rings, never could. I'm not really keen on buttonhooks.”

“He'd seen an item about the resort on TV, though he couldn't remember whether it had been Tomorrow's World, Holiday or Eurotrash. What he could remember was swearing he wouldn't be seen dead in the place”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

wouldn't harm a fly wouldn't say no wouldn't shout if a shark bit him wouldn't touch with yours wouldn't work in an iron lung wouldst