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Meaning of "to make someone turn in his grave" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TO MAKE SOMEONE TURN IN HIS GRAVE

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WHAT DOES TO MAKE SOMEONE TURN IN HIS GRAVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of to make someone turn in his grave in the English dictionary

The definition of to make someone turn in his grave in the dictionary is to do something that would have shocked or distressed.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TO MAKE SOMEONE TURN IN HIS GRAVE

to keep sb posted
to know the ropes
to know which side one´s bread is buttered
to lead sb up the garden path
to learn the ropes
to leave sb to their own resources
to light the touch paper
to look like death warmed over
to make inroads into sth
to make no secret of your feelings
to make the front page
to my knowledge
to one´s heart´s content
to one´s name
to open a can of whup ass over someone
to order
to overflowing
to pay cash on the barrelhead
to pay your last respects
to pay your respects to sb

WORDS THAT END LIKE TO MAKE SOMEONE TURN IN HIS GRAVE

brave
burgrave
Cosgrave
engrave
from the cradle to the grave
grave
have one foot in the grave
landgrave
margrave
mass grave
Musgrave
one foot in the grave
Palgrave
palsgrave
pauper´s grave
photoengrave
Redgrave
reengrave
the grave
waldgrave
war grave

Synonyms and antonyms of to make someone turn in his grave in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «to make someone turn in his grave» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TO MAKE SOMEONE TURN IN HIS GRAVE

Find out the translation of to make someone turn in his grave to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of to make someone turn in his grave from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «to make someone turn in his grave» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

让别人反过来在他的坟墓
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

para hacer que alguien a su vez en su tumba
570 millions of speakers

English

to make someone turn in his grave
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उसकी कब्र में किसी मोड़ बनाने के लिए
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

لجعل شخص بدوره في قبره
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сделать кого-то поворот в гробу
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fazer alguém vez em seu túmulo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কাউকে তার কবরে পরিণত করার জন্য
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pour rendre quelqu´un tour dans sa tombe
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Untuk membuat seseorang berpaling di kuburnya
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

, jemand im Grabe umdrehen machen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

彼の墓に誰かのターンを作る
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

그의 무덤 에서 사람 의 차례 를 만들기 위해
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kanggo nggawe wong nguripake ing kuburan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

để làm cho ai đó bật trong ngôi mộ của ông
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

யாராவது அவரது கல்லறையில் திருப்பி வைக்க வேண்டும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

त्याच्या कबर मध्ये कोणीतरी चालू करण्यासाठी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Birini mezarını çevirmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

per rendere qualcuno rivolterebbe nella tomba
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

aby kogoś kolej w grobie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

зробити когось поворот в труні
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pentru a face pe cineva rândul în mormânt
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

για να κάνει κάποιος τη σειρά του στον τάφο του
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

om iemand te laat draai in sy graf
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

att göra någon tur i sin grav
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

å gjøre noen sving i graven
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of to make someone turn in his grave

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TO MAKE SOMEONE TURN IN HIS GRAVE»

The term «to make someone turn in his grave» is barely ever used and occupies the 212.732 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about to make someone turn in his grave

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4 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TO MAKE SOMEONE TURN IN HIS GRAVE»

Discover the use of to make someone turn in his grave in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to to make someone turn in his grave and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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English proverbs and expressions with Afrikaans equivalents
With one foot in the grave: Near to death | Met een voet in die graf; op die randjie van die graf. • Someone is walking over my grave: Said when one suddenly shudders | Iemand loop oor my graf . • To make someone turn in his grave: To say or ...
N. G. Sabbagha, Matthys Stefanus Benjamin Kritzinger, 1991
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Special issue on comparative Germanic syntax
(32) a. to make someone's head SDin b. to make someone turn in his grave c. to make someone's blood run cold d. to make the sparks/fur/feathers fly e. to make someone's hair stand on end This seems to point to the following scenario for ...
‎1988
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National Guardian
... when the Pope and Patriarch Athenagoras were holding their summit meeting, with two cameramen almost coming to blows; the kiss of peace; the hysteria, crowds, weeping. The show seemed calculated to make Someone turn in His grave.
Cedric Belfrage, 1963
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The PCOS Diet Book: How You Can Use the Nutritional Approach ...
One in 10 women suffers from polycystic ovary syndrome.
Colette Harris, Theresa Francis-Cheung, 2002

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