(someone) would not be caught dead

someone would never do or wear something.

I wouldn't be caught dead doing ads for that company.

My father wouldn't have been caught dead in a white suit.

Etymology: based on the idea that something very bad would make even a dead person uncomfortable

• have other fish to fry
• have over a barrel
• have pegged
• have pick of
• have pick of something
• have pins and needles
• have pity on
• have pity on someone
• have pride of place
• have rolling in the aisles
• have second thoughts
• have seen better days
• have seen more something than has had hot dinners
• have seen more something than someone has had hot dinners
• have seen more than has had hot dinners
• have seen more than someone has had hot dinners
• have seen the last of
• have seen the last of someone
• have seen the last of something
• have several strings to bow
• have several strings to your bow
• have share of
• have share of something
• have shit for brains
• have sights set on