turn in one's grave



turn in one's grave

Also turn over in one's grave. Be very upset. This idiom is used only of a dead person, who in all likelihood would have been upset by developments in question, as in If she knew you'd sold her jewelry, she'd turn over in her grave. [Late 1800s]
See also: grave, turn

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Niobe-Greek Mythology
ĐUrĐIcaJOOR-jee-tsahCroatian
Hayrİ-Turkish
Rubens-Portuguese (Brazilian)
ĐỨC-Vietnamese
AbigÉLAW-bee-gaylHungarian