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
HadiİYe-Turkish
Letha-English
Confuciuskən-FYOO-shəs (English)History
Jesus['dʒi:zəz]
RuudRUYDDutch
Lewin-English (Rare)