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  What it means

  Literally “over my corpse.” This is a dramatic way to express absolute refusal or total opposition to a plan. It implies that the only way the event will happen is if the speaker is dead and unable to stop it.

  Vocabulary

  • trup — corpse / dead body
  • śmierć — death
  • nigdy — never

  Grammar note

  The preposition 'po' (meaning "after" or "over" in this context) takes the locative case. 'Moim trupie' is the locative singular of 'mój trup'.

  Cultural context

  Just like in English, this is often used hyper-dramatically in family arguments (e.g., a parent telling a child they can't get a tattoo).

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