caught dead, wouldn't be

Also, wouldn't be seen dead. Would have nothing to do with, detest, as in I wouldn't be caught dead in that outfit, or He'd not be seen dead drinking a cheap wine. This hyperbole is always put negatively. [Colloquial; first half of 1900s]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Plato	PLAY-to (English)	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Dinko	-	Croatian
Ayala	ie-ah-LAH	Hebrew
Menes	-	Ancient Egyptian
Sofia	zo-FEE-ah (German), so-FEE-ah (Italian), soo-FEE-ə (Portuguese), SO-fee-ah (Finnish)	Norwegian, Swedish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, Greek, Finnish, Estonian, Slovak, Romanian
Taras	tah-RAHS (Russian)	Ukrainian, Russian