Example
“"Over my dead body," Lena said when her brother suggested selling their grandmother's piano.”
Dictionary details
Related idioms
Expressions connected by reviewed component words or topic tags.
body blow
CEFR B2a major setback that seriously weakens a person, organization, or effort
dead and buried
CEFR B2completely abandoned, with no realistic chance that a plan or idea will return
dead to the world
CEFR B2sleeping so deeply that you are completely unaware of your surroundings
give someone the slip
CEFR B2to escape or evade someone who is following or pursuing you
hold the line
CEFR B2to maintain a position, decision, or principle despite pressure
no man's land
CEFR B2an uncontrolled, disputed, or undefined area where occupying or intervening is unwise
Source methodology
Meanings, register, CEFR, and examples come from the reviewed dictionary record. Expression notes may describe a reviewed present-day word picture or a background note; they are not presented as verified etymology.