over my dead body

English

(idiomatic, hyperbolic) Under no circumstances; absolutely not.
Young son: "Can I get a new sports car?"

Mom: "Over my dead body!"

absolutely not

Macedonian: само преку мене мртов (samo preku mene mrtov) (male speaker); само преку мене мртва (samo preku mene mrtva) (female speaker)
Malay: langkah mayatku dahulu
Norwegian:
Bokmål: over mitt lik

Nynorsk: over mitt lik
Persian: مگر از روی جسد من رد بشی‎‎ (magar az ruye jasad-e man rad beši)
Polish: po moim trupie (pl)
Portuguese: só por cima do meu cadáver (pt), sobre o meu cadáver
Russian: че́рез мой труп (ru) (čérez moj trup)
Scottish Gaelic: a-mhàin thar mo mharbhan
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: са̏мо пре̏ко ме̏не мр̑тво̄г

Roman: sȁmo prȅko mȅne mȓtvōg
Spanish: sobre mi cadáver
Swedish: över min döda kropp (sv)
Turkish: cesedimi çiğnersin, cesedimi çiğnemeden olmaz

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