Andreas Johansson wrote:
> Quoting John Cowan <cowan@...>:
>
> > For non-anglophones, this refers to a cliche about people "turning
> > over
> > in their graves" if they could hear/see what was done with/to/by their
> > works, children, or what have you after their deaths.
>
> We have that one in Swedish too. There's also a strengthened/jokified
version
> about "rotating" or "spinning" in their graves, which perhaps you've got
in
> English too?
Oh yes. As in, "That buzzing noise you hear is X spinning in his grave"
>
> For some reason, I've lately heard alot of comments of old communist
leaders
> spinning in their graves, include about that they could supply Moscow's
> electrictiy grid by attaching a generator to Stalin,
LOL!!