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grave noun a work shift at night, usually starting at or after midnight. An abbreviation of GRAVEYARD SHIFT US, 1980
idiomgravedig your own graveto do something that will cause serious problems for you later:I knew that if I borrowed more money from Ali, I'd be digging my own grave.Like many wives, my mother dug her own grave by agreeing to be fully responsible for the welfare of the family.sb 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.
See:- (as) quiet as a mouse
- (as) quiet as the grave
- (as) silent as the grave
- be (as) silent as the grave
- carry a secret to (one's)/the grave
- carry a secret to the grave
- cradle-to-grave
- dig (one's) own grave
- dig (oneself) an early grave
- dig (someone) an early grave
- dig one's own grave
- dig own grave
- dig your own grave
- drive (oneself) to an early grave
- drive (someone) to an early grave
- early grave
- from the cradle to the grave
- go to (one's) grave
- grave-dancer
- gravel-pounder
- have one foot in the grave
- make (one) turn over in (one's) grave
- one foot in the grave
- one foot in the grave, have
- quiet as a mouse and *quiet as the grave
- rise from the dead
- rise from the grave
- roll (over) in (one's) grave
- send (someone) to an early grave
- silent as the dead
- silent as the grave
- spin in (one's) grave
- swear on (one's) mother's grave
- swear on a stack of Bibles
- take (something) to the grave
- take a/the secret to (one's)/the grave
- take it to grave
- take the secret to the grave
- this side of the grave
- turn (over) in (one's) grave
- turn in grave
- turn in his, her, etc. grave
- turn in one's grave
- turn in their grave
- turn over in one's grave, (enough to make one)
- would turn in your grave
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