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Dead DuckA ruined person; a person or plan that is certain to die or failRate it:

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dead endA path or strategy that goes nowhere or is blocked on one end.Rate it:

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dead endcul-de-sacRate it:

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dead fishUsed other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see dead,‎ fish.Rate it:

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dead fishA sexual partner who lies flat during sex.Rate it:

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dead giveawayObvious, easily apparent.Rate it:

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dead heatA close race or contest in which no winner is apparent.Rate it:

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dead in the waterNearly dead, doomed.Rate it:

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dead in the waterUnproductiveRate it:

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dead lastThe standings, often by a considerable margin to the next-to-last-place finisher or after an exceptionally poor showing or season.Rate it:

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dead lossAn absolute or total loss.Rate it:

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dead meatA corpseRate it:

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dead meatSomeone in danger of death or severe punishment.Rate it:

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dead menThe ends of reefs left flapping instead of being tucked out of sight when a sail has been furled.Rate it:

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dead menUsed other than as an idiom: see dead, men.Rate it:

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dead men tell no talesOnce someone is dead, they can no longer communicate, hence killing someone is the best way to keep him/her quiet.Rate it:

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dead men's shoesA position or property that is only attainable by someone else upon the current holder's death.Rate it:

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dead of nightMiddle of the night.Rate it:

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dead onExactly at.Rate it:

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dead onexactly rightRate it:

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dead ringerSomeone or something that very closely resembles another; someone or something easily mistaken for another.Rate it:

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dead set againstCompletely opposed, with no possibility of a change of mind.Rate it:

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dead shotPerfect shooterRate it:

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dead tiredvery tiredRate it:

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dead to rightsWith sufficient evidence to establish responsibility definitively.Rate it:

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dead tree editionPaper version of a publication that can be found online.Rate it:

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dead weightThat which is useless or excess; that which slows something down.Rate it:

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dead weightWeight that does not move.Rate it:

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dead woodDead limbs and branches still attached to a living tree.Rate it:

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dead woodPersonnel no longer contributing to an organization.Rate it:

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deader than discoUnquestionably deadRate it:

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dieTo stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.Rate it:

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dry as a dead dingo's dongerVery dry, extremely dry.Rate it:

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dry as a dead dingo's dongerVery thirsty.Rate it:

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feet firstIn the manner of a deceased person (i.e., dead).Rate it:

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fit to wake the deadAt a very high volume; extremely loudly.Rate it:

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flog a dead horseTo attempt to get extra work out of a ship's crew during the dead horse period.Rate it:

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flog a dead horseTo attempt to get more out of something that cannot give more.Rate it:

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Flying DutchmanA Dutch-flagged clipper that is very fast sailing, and never makes it to port, seen on the high seas, where upon being hailed, occupants request information on persons long dead, or leave messages for said people. It is considered bad luck to meet said ship.Rate it:

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forgiveness is awarded posthumously after a person is dead.During life, a person may be subjected to criticism for what others deem "a wrong turn or deed". At funerals and cemeteries, the mood turns to grief and forgiveness.Rate it:

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from my cold, dead handsA statement that something will not be taken away from you until the day you die.Rate it:

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gone north aboutDead, of sailor or seaman whose cause of death was anything except by drowning.Rate it:

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gone north aboutDead.Rate it:

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gone with the winddeadRate it:

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hatchet manSomeone who carries out brutal and unpleasant duties on behalf of another, such as firing dead wood employees.Rate it:

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have had one's chipsTo be dead or finished.Rate it:

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heave toTo cause the vessel to become dead in the water by pointing the bows directly towards the wind.Rate it:

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heavy as a dead donkeyVery heavy.Rate it:

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how much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?a tongue twister; if spoken over and over this phrase is hard to say without making a mistakeRate it:

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il est resté sur le carreauHe was killed on the spot, left for dead on the ground.Rate it:

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