| 词汇 | Over my dead body! |
| 释义 | over my dead bodyI will never allow it; under no circumstances will that be permitted to happen (i.e., something can only happen if I am not alive to prevent it). Over my dead body will you drive home after you've been drinking! A: "I heard Sarah wants to drop out of school to be a painter." B: "Yeah, over my dead body!" Over my dead body!Inf. Fig. a defiant phrase indicating the strength of one's opposition to something. (A joking response is "That can be arranged.") Sally: Alice says she'll join the circus no matter what anybody says. Father: over my dead body! Sally: Now, now. You know how she is. Bill: I think I'll rent out our spare bedroom. Sue: over my dead body! Bill (smiling): That can be arranged. Over my dead body!and OMDB exclam. & comp. abb. [You won’t do it] if I can stop you from doing it! You’ll do it OMDB. |
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