OMDB

OMDB

An initialism for "over my dead body," meaning "I will never allow it" or "Under no circumstances will that be permitted to happen." Used solely in informal written communication. A: "Just wait there, I'll drive over." B: "OMDB—you've been drinking! I'll come over to you." A: "I heard Sarah wants to drop out of school to be a painter." B: "Yeah, OMDB!"

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Over my dead body!

Inf. Fig. a defiant phrase indicating the strength of one's opposition to something. (A joking response is "That can be arranged.") Sally: Alice says she'll join the circus no matter what anybody says. Father: over my dead body! Sally: Now, now. You know how she is. Bill: I think I'll rent out our spare bedroom. Sue: over my dead body! Bill (smiling): That can be arranged.

See also: dead, over

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

Over my dead body!

and OMDB

exclam. & comp. abb. [You won’t do it] if I can stop you from doing it! You’ll do it OMDB.

See also: dead, over

OMDB

verb

See Over my dead body!

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