I'd rather face a firing squad than (do something)
I'd rather face a firing squad than (do something)
I really do not want to (do something). A firing squad is a group of people assigned to execute someone by gunfire. The phrase hyperbolically implies that the speaker would rather face a gruesome death than do what is being discussed. I'd rather face a firing squad than do another presentation for the board. Last time, they found an error in my report and screamed at me for it.
See also: face, firing, rather, squad
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
I'd rather face a firing squad than do something
Fig. I would prefer to stand and be executed by gunfire than to do something. I'd rather face a firing squad than go shopping the day after Christmas.
See also: face, firing, rather, squad
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- and his mother
- be a fate worse than death
- beat off
- (one's) head on a plate/platter
- (someone's or something's) days are numbered
- days are numbered, one's
- everyone and their brother
- scalp
- be out for blood
- be out for/after (one's) scalp