cold in one's grave

English

Adjective

cold in one's grave (not comparable)

  1. Dead (usually used in a hyperbolic or metaphorical setting).
    I'll be cold in my grave before I call that man of yours a son-in-law of mine!
  2. (chiefly in the negative) Having died a reasonable length of time ago (usually used to suggest that an unseemly short amount of time for a particular purpose has passed since a person's death).
    • 2000, Alison Bechdel, Post-Dykes to Watch Out For, page 107:
      Eunice: We're going to choir practice.
      Audrey: Have a good time.
      Albert: Don't wait up.
      Audrey: Well, well, well.
      Jezanna: Can you believe that? My mother's not cold in her grave!
      Audrey: Sugar, it's been over two years.
      Jezanna: Choir practice? That... that Jezebel!
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