wouldn't be seen dead

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   used to say that you would not like to wear particular clothes, or to be in a particular situation

   We wouldn't be caught dead with men.

In the movies · 4

• I wouldn't be caught dead in that.Scarface1983
• We wouldn't be caught dead with men.Some Like It Hot1959
• Remember when we said we wouldn't be caught dead above 14th Street?Beaches1988

Learn it in full scenes

• Some Like It Hot1959
  • Cops Raid the Speakeasy
  • Joe and Jerry Decide to Be Girls
  • Spats Wipes Out Toothpick Charlie
• Beaches1988
  • CC Meets Hillary on the Boardwalk
  • CC Melts Down After Losing the Part
  • CC and Hillary Grow Up by Letter

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
• over my dead body
• flog a dead horse

More idioms

• make use of
• with open arms
• on the run
• yes sir
• at expense
• be good friends
• by comparison
• have a part
• have your doubts
• in theory
• make certain
• not just yet