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idiomsb would turn in their grave BrEBrEsb would turn/roll over in their grave AmEused in order to say that someone who is dead would be very angry or upset about something that is happening now:My husband would turn in his grave if he knew I was skydiving. He wouldn't even let me cross the street by myself.The lawyer criticized the sale of the house, saying that Vernon would roll over in his grave if he knew what was happening to his property.Note You may hear people change this idiom slightly and say that someone is 'spinning in his/her grave' in order to emphasize how angry or upset they would bePuccini must have been spinning in his grave, when they made his greatest aria into the theme of a car advert.
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