you couldn't pay someone

idiom

used to say that someone would never do something, not even if offered a lot of money to do it
You couldn't pay me to jump out of an airplane!

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“You couldn't pay someone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/you%20couldn%27t%20pay%20someone. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.

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