# Morbid I know...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morbid-i-know/103022>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 11, 2002, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morbid-i-know/103022 "2002-04-11T13:15:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![walor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@walor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/walor)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2002, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morbid-i-know/103022/1 "2002-04-11T13:15:59Z")

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‘Someone just walked over my grave’…

Do any dopers know the origin of this turn of phrase?

Thanks in advance

(I did a search but it turned up zilch)

pax