over my dead body
Prepositional phrase
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Prepositional phrase
- (idiomatic, hyperbole) Under no circumstances; absolutely not.
- 1831 The Poetical Works of Coleridge, Shelley, and Keats ↗ page 211
- SCENE V. To these enter MAcDonald, and DEVEREUx, with the HALBERDIERs. Gordon (throwing himself between him and them). . No, monster! First over my dead body thou shalt tread.
- "Can I get a new sports car?" "Over my dead body!"
- 1831 The Poetical Works of Coleridge, Shelley, and Keats ↗ page 211
- French: pas de mon vivant, moi vivant, jamais
- German: nur über meine Leiche
- Portuguese: só por cima do meu cadáver, sobre o meu cadáver
- Russian: че́рез мой труп
- Spanish: sobre mi cadáver
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