"over my dead body" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

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  1. (idiomatic, usually hyperbolic) Under no circumstances; absolutely not. Tags: excessive, idiomatic, usually Translations (absolutely not): oor my dooie liggaam (Afrikaans), على جِثِّتِي (ʕala jiṯṯitī) [Gulf-Arabic] (Arabic), само през трупа ми (samo prez trupa mi) (Bulgarian), 冇得傾 (Chinese Cantonese), 冇得倾 (mou⁵ dak¹ king¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 門都沒有 (Chinese Mandarin), 沒門 (Chinese Mandarin), 没门 (méi mén) (Chinese Mandarin), jen přes mou mrtvolu (Czech), over mit lig (Danish), over mijn lijk (Dutch), vain kuolleen ruumiini yli (Finnish), vain minun kuolleen ruumiini yli (Finnish), vain minun ruumiini yli (Finnish), il faudra me passer sur le corps (French), jamais de la vie (French), moi vivant, jamais (French), pas de mon vivant (French), plutôt mourir (French), არავითარ შემთხვევაში (aravitar šemtxvevaši) (Georgian), nur über meine Leiche (German), πάνω από το πτώμα μου (páno apó to ptóma mou) (Greek), עַל גּוּפָתִי הַמֵתָה (al gufáti hametá) (Hebrew), csak a testemen át (Hungarian), csak a testemen keresztül (Hungarian), szó sem lehet róla (Hungarian), ki van zárva (Hungarian), fyrr skal ég dauður liggja (Icelandic), そんなことは絶対させない (sonna koto-wa zettai sasenai) (Japanese), само преку мене мртов (samo preku mene mrtov) (english: male speaker) (Macedonian), само преку мене мртва (samo preku mene mrtva) (english: female speaker) (Macedonian), langkah mayatku dahulu (Malay), over mitt lik (Norwegian Bokmål), over mitt lik (Norwegian Nynorsk), مگر از روی جسد من رد بشی (magar az ruye jasad-e man rad beši) (Persian), po moim trupie (Polish), só por cima do meu cadáver (Portuguese), sobre o meu cadáver (Portuguese), че́рез мой труп (čérez moj trup) (Russian), a-mhàin thar mo mharbhan (Scottish Gaelic), са̏мо пре̏ко ме̏не мр̑тво̄г [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), sȁmo prȅko mȅne mȓtvōg [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), sobre mi cadáver (Spanish), sobre mi cuerpo muerto (Spanish), över min döda kropp (Swedish), cesedimi çiğnersin (Turkish), cesedimi çiğnemeden olmaz (Turkish)

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          "note": "除非我死了 (chúfēi wǒ sǐ le, literally “over my dead body”)",
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          "english": "male speaker",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "samo preku mene mrtov",
          "sense": "absolutely not",
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          "code": "mk",
          "english": "female speaker",
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          "roman": "samo preku mene mrtva",
          "sense": "absolutely not",
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          "sense": "absolutely not",
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          "sense": "absolutely not",
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          "sense": "absolutely not",
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          "sense": "absolutely not",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
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          "word": "över min döda kropp"
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "absolutely not",
          "word": "cesedimi çiğnersin"
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          "sense": "absolutely not",
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      "word": "vain kuolleen ruumiini yli"
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      "sense": "absolutely not",
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      "roman": "aravitar šemtxvevaši",
      "sense": "absolutely not",
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      "sense": "absolutely not",
      "word": "nur über meine Leiche"
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      "roman": "páno apó to ptóma mou",
      "sense": "absolutely not",
      "word": "πάνω από το πτώμα μου"
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      "roman": "al gufáti hametá",
      "sense": "absolutely not",
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      "sense": "absolutely not",
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      "sense": "absolutely not",
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      "sense": "absolutely not",
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
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      "roman": "sonna koto-wa zettai sasenai",
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      "roman": "samo preku mene mrtva",
      "sense": "absolutely not",
      "word": "само преку мене мртва"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "absolutely not",
      "word": "langkah mayatku dahulu"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "absolutely not",
      "word": "over mitt lik"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "absolutely not",
      "word": "over mitt lik"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "magar az ruye jasad-e man rad beši",
      "sense": "absolutely not",
      "word": "مگر از روی جسد من رد بشی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "absolutely not",
      "word": "po moim trupie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "absolutely not",
      "word": "só por cima do meu cadáver"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "absolutely not",
      "word": "sobre o meu cadáver"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čérez moj trup",
      "sense": "absolutely not",
      "word": "че́рез мой труп"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "absolutely not",
      "word": "a-mhàin thar mo mharbhan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "absolutely not",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "са̏мо пре̏ко ме̏не мр̑тво̄г"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "absolutely not",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "sȁmo prȅko mȅne mȓtvōg"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "absolutely not",
      "word": "sobre mi cadáver"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "absolutely not",
      "word": "sobre mi cuerpo muerto"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "absolutely not",
      "word": "över min döda kropp"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "absolutely not",
      "word": "cesedimi çiğnersin"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "absolutely not",
      "word": "cesedimi çiğnemeden olmaz"
    }
  ],
  "word": "over my dead body"
}

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