catch me
English edit
Etymology edit
Short for "you'd never catch me doing that" or similar.
Interjection edit
- (colloquial) There is not the remotest possibility of one carrying out the deed or action suggested.
- 1862, George Borrow, Wild Wales: Its People, Language and Scenery:
- I wished at first to persuade him to give me lessons in the office, but could not succeed: “No, no, lad;” said he, “catch me going in there: I would just as soon venture into a nest of porcupines.”