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English Idiom: Over my dead body
You should be especially careful about what idioms you use around Halloween.
All the strange ones come out at this time of year, and if you refuse something by saying over my dead body, they just may take you at your word.
I’m not one for ghouls, goblins, vampires or otherworldly beings of any sort.
I believe the worst monsters on this earth come in human form.
Today’s idiom can be loosely related to Halloween, I suppose, though I am stretching it a bit.
What the heck!
It’s my blog, and I’ll stretch it if I want to.
Speaking of stretching, I’ve heard that men who were hanged unjustly come back at Halloween to haunt the societies that wronged them.
Anyways, when people want to emphasize that they are very much against something, they may use the idiom over my dead body.
When a father refuses to permit his son to go to a concert, he could say something like, “Jason will go to that concert over my dead body.“
Since this is a Halloween-themed post, we can all put two and two together to realize that Jason, concerts and dead bodies are not a good mixture.
Imagine if he called his friend Freddy over for dinner.
Now Freddy really is a hell of a party pooper. HA!
So, don’t say I didn’t warn you.
If you have a son named Jason, please let him go to the concert.
He’ll be going anyway, whether it’s over your dead body or not.
Scare ya later.
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