turn in your grave

UK (US turn over/spin in your grave)

Definition

If you say that a dead person would turn in their grave, you mean that they would be very angry or upset about something if they knew about it

She'd turn in her grave if she knew what he was spending his inheritance on.

(Definition of turn in your grave from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

worried or nervous about something that is going to happen

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