You were dead!
(Slang) By metaphor: You wanted to, but it is not within your possibility.
(Modern Hebrew)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הָיִיתָ מֵת!
Definition (Hebrew)
(סְלָאנֵג) בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: הָיִיתָ רוֹצֶה אַךְ אֵין בְּאֶפְשָׁרוּתְךָ.
(הָעִבְרִית הַחֲדָשָׁה)