This time we decided to make a selection not of quotations, but an idiom. In this article we will consider 10 thematic idioms dedicated to the most terrible holiday of the year, All Saints Day.

Over my dead body.

If you say something will happen over your dead body, you mean that you will do everything you can to prevent it from happening.

Scare the pants off someone

Scare the hell out of someone.

Make the blood run cold

The blood turns cold in the veins

In cold blood

To do something in cold blood, without emotion and intentionally.

Witch-hunt

A witch-hunt In the literal and figurative sense the word ‘witch-hunt’ is used as a metaphor to illustrate the brutal and ruthless way in which political opponents are denigrated and persecuted.

Not a cat in hell’s chance

This phrase means “not to have any chance” and broadly used in spoken language.

Stick the knife in

“Stick the knife in someone” – do or say something unpleasant or
evil towards anyone.

Stab in the back

“Put the knife in the back”, i.e. betray someone.

Skeleton in the Cupboard

“Skeleton in the closet” – so they say about a secret hidden from everyone.

Dig your own grave

This idiom means that if you do something silently or reckless then you should expect negative consequences.