wild horses couldn't drag me

Idioms  

1. Nothing could induce or persuade me, as in Wild horses couldn't drag me to that nightclub. This idiom, always in negative form, is believed to have replaced wild horses couldn't draw it from me, referring to the medieval torture of using horses to stretch a prisoner and thereby force a confession. [First half of 1800s]

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Example Sentences

Of course there are shows that I’ve panned that wild horses couldn’t drag me to see again.

From Los Angeles Times

I said, “Dad, when I get out of this stinking hole, wild horses couldn’t drag me back.”

From Literature

One prized target who had fended off Democratic recruiters during the 2016 cycle, he said, called him days after the election and said, in his words, that “wild horses couldn’t drag me away” from a 2018 run.

From Washington Post

“Wild horses couldn’t drag me out of Darwin,” she tells us, and it’s a testament to Mr. Brandestini’s filmmaking skills that we can perfectly understand why.

From New York Times

Wild horses couldn't drag me back into stocks.

From Time Magazine Archive