单词 | turn in one's grave |
释义 | turn in one's graveAlso 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] Words nearby turn in one's graveturning, turning chisel, turning circle, turning piece, turning point, turn in one's grave, turnip, turnip cabbage, turnip moth, turnip-rooted celery, turnkey The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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