| 单词 | over my dead body |
| 释义 | > as lemmasover my dead body P4. over my dead body and variants: (chiefly hyperbolically, expressing vehement opposition to or scepticism towards something proposed by another person) ‘only if I am unable to prevent it’; under no circumstances. ΘΠ the mind > language > statement > negation > [phrase] I'll be far (enough) if1752 I'll be shot (occasionally shortened to shot!) if1761 over my dead body1796 let's don't1854 I'll see you shot first1894 1796 J. N. Brewer Mansion House II. 8 She had fainted on the discharge of the musquets, and..her brother had flown to that which secured her room, determined, he said, they should enter it over his dead body. 1800 S. T. Coleridge tr. F. Schiller Death Wallenstein v. v. 147 No, monster! First over my dead body thou shalt tread. I will not live to see the accursed deed! 1833 S. Smith Life & Writings Major Jack Downing xxxv. 137 You dont go through this door to-night, without you pass over the dead body of Jack Downing. 1936 H. Brighouse New Leisure in Best One-act Plays 1936 81 Elsie Dixon doing confidential secretary! Over my dead body. 1987 C. Reid Tea in China Cup ii, in Plays: One (1997) 55 Youth. We've orders to burn these houses... Sarah. Over my dead body. 2001 C. Glazebrook Madolescents 65 ‘Celebrate without you?’ says Filthy, like the idea's unthinkable. ‘Over my dead body.’ < as lemmas |
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