over my dead body

Language: en

Meaning: (idiomatic,informal,usuallyhyperbolic)Under no circumstances; absolutely not."Can I get a new sports car?" "Over my dead body!"1923December,Volney G. Mathison, “The Woman-Handler”, inRadio, volume V, number12, pages68 and 70, column 3:“An’ now I hear you’re sendin’ our flagshipPastoresout 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 thePastoressails with that red-skirted gorilless aboard, it’ll beover my dead body!”

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