Meanings
- excessiveidiomaticinformalusuallyUnder no circumstances; absolutely not.
"Can I get a new sports car?" "Over my dead body!"
1 more example
“An’ now I hear you’re sendin’ our flagship Pastores out at four o’clock this afternoon with another cock-eyed cross between a giraffe an’ a Gila monster— / “By my soul, never!” yells th’ G.P.A., jumpin’ up like a bumb has gone off under him. “If the Pastores sails with that red-skirted gorilless aboard, it’ll be over my dead body!”
1923 December, Volney G. Mathison, “The Woman-Handler”, in Radio, volume V, number 12, pages 68 and 70, column 3
Synonyms & antonyms
Translations
Afrikaans oor my dooie liggaam
- oor my dooie liggaamabsolutely not
Bulgarian само през трупа ми
- само през трупа ми (samo prez trupa mi)absolutely not
Chinese Cantonese 冇得傾 /冇得倾
- 冇得傾 /冇得倾 (mou⁵ dak¹ king¹)absolutely not
Chinese Mandarin 沒門 /没门
- 沒門 /没门 (méi mén)absolutely not
Czech jen přes mou mrtvolu
- jen přes mou mrtvoluabsolutely not
Danish over mit lig
- over mit ligabsolutely not
Dutch over mijn lijk
- over mijn lijkabsolutely not
Finnish vain kuolleen ruumiini yli, vain minun kuolleen ruumiini yli
- vain kuolleen ruumiini yliabsolutely not
- vain minun kuolleen ruumiini yliabsolutely not
- vain minun ruumiini yliabsolutely not
French il faudra me passer sur le corps, jamais de la vie
- il faudra me passer sur le corpsabsolutely not
- jamais de la vieabsolutely not
- moi vivant, jamaisabsolutely not
- pas de mon vivantabsolutely not
- plutôt mourirabsolutely not
- il faudra me tuer d'abordabsolutely not
German nur über meine Leiche
- nur über meine Leicheabsolutely not
Greek πάνω από το πτώμα μου
- πάνω από το πτώμα μου (páno apó to ptóma mou)absolutely not
Hebrew עַל גּוּפָתִי הַמֵתָה
- עַל גּוּפָתִי הַמֵתָה (al gufáti hametá)absolutely not
Hungarian csak a testemen át, csak a testemen keresztül
- csak a testemen átabsolutely not
- csak a testemen keresztülabsolutely not
- szó sem lehet rólaabsolutely not
- ki van zárvaabsolutely not
Icelandic fyrr skal ég dauður liggja
- fyrr skal ég dauður liggjaabsolutely not
Japanese そんなことは絶対させない
- そんなことは絶対させない (sonna koto-wa zettai sasenai)absolutely not
Malay langkah mayatku dahulu
- langkah mayatku dahuluabsolutely not
Norwegian Bokmål over mitt lik
- over mitt likabsolutely not
Persian مگر از روی جسد من رد بشی
- مگر از روی جسد من رد بشی (magar az ruye jasad-e man rad beši)absolutely not
Polish po moim trupie
- po moim trupieabsolutely not
Portuguese só por cima do meu cadáver, sobre o meu cadáver
- só por cima do meu cadáverabsolutely not
- sobre o meu cadáverabsolutely not
Romanian peste cadavrul meu
- peste cadavrul meuabsolutely not
Russian че́рез мой труп
- че́рез мой труп (čérez moj trup)absolutely not
Scottish Gaelic a-mhàin thar mo mharbhan
- a-mhàin thar mo mharbhanabsolutely not
Spanish sobre mi cadáver, sobre mi cuerpo muerto
- sobre mi cadáverabsolutely not
- sobre mi cuerpo muertoabsolutely not
Swedish över min döda kropp
- över min döda kroppabsolutely not
Turkish cesedimi çiğnersin, cesedimi çiğnemeden olmaz
- cesedimi çiğnersinabsolutely not
- cesedimi çiğnemeden olmazabsolutely not
Cite this entry
over my dead body. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/over%20my%20dead%20body
“over my dead body.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/over%20my%20dead%20body. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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