Meanings
alternative from my cold, dead fingers
- excessiveliterallyOnly after my death.
I won't have the government instituting gun control! They can have my shotgun when they pry it from my cold, dead hands.
Synonyms: over my dead body
- idiomaticNever; not under any circumstances.
You want me to sell you a family heirloom like this? Tsk, you can take it from my cold, dead hands.
Synonyms & antonyms
prepositional phraseOnly after my death.
Cite this entry
from my cold, dead hands. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/from%20my%20cold%2C%20dead%20hands
“from my cold, dead hands.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/from%20my%20cold%2C%20dead%20hands. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “from my cold, dead hands,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/from%20my%20cold%2C%20dead%20hands.
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