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- wouldn't be caught dead
wouldn't be caught dead
wouldn't be caught/seen dead
(informal) if someone wouldn't be seen dead in a particular place or doing a particular thing, they would never do it, usually because it would be too embarrassing (often + adv/prep ) John's dad won't go to the christening, he wouldn't be seen dead in a church. (often + doing sth) Chris wouldn't be seen dead driving a Lada.
See cut dead, Drop dead!, knock them/'em dead
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Dae-Jung | | day-joong | Korean |
BohumÍR | | - | Czech, Slovak |
Apollo | | ə-PAW-lo (English) | Greek Mythology (Latinized) |
Cenric | | - | Anglo-Saxon |
Lily | | ['lili] | |
Timur | | tee-MOOR (Russian) | History, Tatar, Chechen, Kazakh, Uzbek, Russian |