wouldn't be seen dead
informalIf someone wouldn't be seen dead in a particular place or doing a particular thing, they would never do it, usually because it would be too embarrassing:
I wouldn't be seen dead wearing a dress like that.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Yes, no & not
- absolutely
- anything
- bet
- betcha
- does a bear/do bears shit in the woods? idiom
- fear
- hear, hear! idiom
- hell
- much
- no dice idiom
- no way idiom
- noes
- not by any manner of means idiom
- not so much sth as sth idiom
- not that idiom
- perish the thought idiom
- see sb in hell before ... idiom
- think
- yea or nay idiom
- yes
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