make (one) turn over in (one's) grave
make (one) turn over in (one's) grave
Figuratively, to upset someone who is dead and buried. The way you dress would make your grandmother turn over in her grave.
See also: grave, make, over, turn
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- go to (one's) grave
- this side of the grave
- take (something) to the grave
- take it to grave
- push up daisies, to
- turn over in one's grave, (enough to make one)
- quiet
- have one foot in the grave
- one foot in the grave, have
- collar (someone)