Wednesday, September 23, 2020

English Idioms using "Dead" part 1

Dead and buried  - something is settled and is not going to be reconsidered. 

Dead as a dodo or Dead as a Doornail  - something is lifeless.

Dead duck - something is a failure. 

Dead in the water - something isn't going anywhere or making any progress. 

Dead to the world -  someone is fast asleep and completely unaware of what if happening around them.

Dead heat  - in a race that ends with two or more finishing at exactly the same time. 

leave for dead -  to abandon something or someone

dead to rights -  caught in the act of committing a crime.

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dead - adjective - Having lost life; no longer alive.

the dead - noun - We have burials for the dead.

Synonyms: deceased, departed, late, extinct, lifeless

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dead: adverb adjective

1.  quiet and uneventful. The party was totally dead.

2.  very tired. I came home dead from the gym.

3.  dull; lifeless; flat. This hotdog is sort of dead because I am out of mustard.

4.  no longer able to work. My phone is dead.

5.  no longer of any importance. Stop! It’s a dead issue.


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