be (as) dead as a doornail

1. To be no longer alive, for certain. (Doornails were hammered in a such a way that they could not be reused.) I poked that squirrel with a stick and, yeah, it's as dead as a doornail.

2. To be totally defunct. Oh, that idea from last week's meeting is dead as a doornail now that the CEO has vetoed it.

词组	be (as) dead as a doornail
释义	be (as) dead as a doornail be (as) dead as a doornail 1. To be no longer alive, for certain. (Doornails were hammered in a such a way that they could not be reused.) I poked that squirrel with a stick and, yeah, it's as dead as a doornail. 2. To be totally defunct. Oh, that idea from last week's meeting is dead as a doornail now that the CEO has vetoed it. See also: dead, doornail Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: (as) dead as a doornail as dead as a doornail dead as a doornail doornail deader deader than a doornail dead as mutton (as) dead as mutton mutton herring
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