over my dead body

English

Pronunciation

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Prepositional phrase

over my dead body

1. (idiomatic, usually hyperbolic) Under no circumstances; absolutely not.

   "Can I get a new sports car?" "Over my dead body!"

Translations

absolutely not

• Afrikaans: oor my dooie liggaam
• Arabic:

  Gulf Arabic: على جِثِّتِي (ʕala jiṯṯitī)

• Bulgarian: само през трупа ми (samo prez trupa mi)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 冇得傾／冇得倾 (mou⁵ dak¹ king¹)

  Mandarin: 除非我死了 (chúfēi wǒ sǐ le, literally “over my dead body”)

  Mandarin: 門都沒有／门都没有 (mén dū méi yǒu, literally “not even a door”); 沒門／没门 (zh) (méi mén)

• Czech: jen přes mou mrtvolu
• Danish: over mit lig
• Dutch: over mijn lijk
• Finnish: vain kuolleen ruumiini yli, vain minun kuolleen ruumiini yli, vain minun ruumiini yli
• French: il faudra me passer sur le corps (fr), jamais de la vie (fr), moi vivant, jamais, pas de mon vivant, plutôt mourir (fr)
• Georgian: არავითარ შემთხვევაში (aravitar šemtxvevaši)
• German: nur über meine Leiche (de)
• Greek: πάνω από το πτώμα μου (páno apó to ptóma mou)
• Hebrew: עַל גּוּפָתִי הַמֵתָה (al gufáti hametá)
• Hungarian: csak a testemen át, csak a testemen keresztül, szó sem lehet róla (hu), ki van zárva
• Icelandic: fyrr skal ég dauður liggja (is)
• Japanese: そんなことは絶対させない (sonna koto-wa zettai sasenai)
• Macedonian: само преку мене мртов (samo preku mene mrtov) (male speaker); само преку мене мртва (samo preku mene mrtva) (female speaker)
• Malay: langkah mayatku dahulu
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: over mitt lik

  Nynorsk: over mitt lik

• Persian: مگر از روی جسد من رد بشی (magar az ruye jasad-e man rad beši)
• Polish: po moim trupie (pl)
• Portuguese: só por cima do meu cadáver (pt), sobre o meu cadáver
• Russian: че́рез мой труп (ru) (čérez moj trup)
• Scottish Gaelic: a-mhàin thar mo mharbhan
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: са̏мо пре̏ко ме̏не мр̑тво̄г

  Roman: sȁmo prȅko mȅne mȓtvōg

• Spanish: sobre mi cadáver, sobre mi cuerpo muerto
• Swedish: över min döda kropp (sv)
• Turkish: cesedimi çiğnersin, cesedimi çiğnemeden olmaz