body

body and soul

if you do something or believe something body and soul, you do it or believe it completely. She dedicated herself to her research, body and soul.

See also: soul

a body blow (mainly British)

something that causes serious difficulty or disappointment. Losing the court case was a body blow to animal rights campaigners. Her hopes of competing in the Olympics were dealt a body blow when she fell and injured her back.

See also: blow

he/she doesn't have a [jealous, mean, unkind etc.] bone in his/her body

something that you say in order to emphasize that someone is not jealous, mean, unkind etc.. He'd never deliberately hurt someone's feelings - he doesn't have a mean bone in his body.

See also: bone, doesn't, her, his, she, unkind

keep body and soul together

to just be able to pay for the things that you need in order to live. We can barely keep body and soul together on what he earns.

See also: keep, soul, together

over my dead body

if you say that something will happen over your dead body, you mean that you will do everything you can to prevent it. 'Josh says he's going to buy a motorbike.' 'Over my dead body!' If they cut down those trees, they'll do it over my dead body.

See also: dead, over

there isn't a [mean, jealous, unkind etc.] bone in someone's body

he/she doesn't have a [jealous, mean, unkind etc.] bone in his/her body - something that you say in order to emphasize that someone is not jealous, mean, unkind etc.. She wasn't the possessive type, and there wasn't a jealous bone in her body.

See also: bone, isn't, there, unkind

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not have a type of bone in your body

to have none of the characteristic described. He was friendly and kind and didn't have a mean bone in his body.

See also: bone

over my dead body

I will never let this happen. “Wouldn't it be cool if Dad's band played at your party?” “Over my dead body!”

Usage notes: said in reaction to what someone else has said

See also: dead, over