over my dead body

Meaning

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   Over my dead body will we give up a single bullet.

In the movies · 6

• Convention! You'll go to the convention over my dead body.Sons of the Desert1933
• Over my dead body, sir.Clue1985
• Over my dead body are you gonna move junk into this building.Deuces Wild2002
• Over my dead body.Velvet Buzzsaw2019
• Over my dead body.Fantastic Mr. Fox2009
• I said, "Over my dead body."Love Actually2003
• Over my dead body those assholes get the glory.Con Air1997
• Over my dead body will we give up a single bullet.The Wind That Shakes the Barley2006

Learn it in full scenes

• Clue1985
  • Mrs. Peacock Breaks the Ice
  • Guests Arrive at the Mansion
  • Wadsworth Reveals the Blackmail

From the same entry

• be dead and gone
• be a dead ringer for
• dead as a dodo
• dead as a doornail
• a dead duck
• the dead hand of
• dead in the water
• dead meat
• dead on arrival
• dead to the world
• wouldn't be seen dead
• flog a dead horse

More slang

• get lost
• i swear to god
• scare the shit out of
• break a leg
• for crying out loud
• bug the hell out of
• we gotta go
• what the hell was that
• for god's sake
• what the hell is this
• you wish
• yeah right