over my dead body

(idiom) I will never let you do this

Example Sentences:

Teenaged Girl: Mom, can I go to the dance with my new boyfriend?
Mom: How old is he?
Teenaged Girl: 25
Mom: Over my dead body!
Teenaged Girl: That’s so unfair!

Husband: I’m going to the strip club tonight. See you tomorrow morning.
Wife: Over my dead body, it’s our anniversary!
Husband: Okay, I’ll be home at midnight then.

From the News:

A tax raise? Not over my dead body

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Similar idioms:

1. when hell freezes over
2. when pigs fly
3. dead set against something
4. open up a can of worms
5. check in with
6. dead on one’s feet
7. burn the midnight oil
8. golden handshake
9. dead serious
10. pick up the check
11. cat got your tongue
12. give and take
13. pick up the tab
14. dead from the neck up
15. a leopard can’t change its spots