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dead meat
noun- used for expressing a very high degree of trouble US, 1974
Originally applied only in situations where death was certain, but then softened to include lesser consquences. - “You’re dead meat,” I said. — Armistead Maupin, Maybe the Moon, p. 179, 1992
- It’s a good thing you had that plane ticket to get out of the country. You’d be dead meat for sure here. — C.D. Payne, Youth in Revolt, p. 347, 1993
- “He’s dead meat, man.” “He put away people that would have died for him.” — Bob Sipchen, Baby Insane and the Buddha, p. 378, 1993
- I’m fucking dead meat in this town. — Theresa Rebeck, View of the Dome, p. 54, 1998
- “He’s fuckin’ dead meat!” [...] They are using the domestic implements to beat a third prisoner, who cowers in a cell doorway. “He’s fuckin’ dead meat!” “Nonce [a sex-offender]! He’s fuckin’ dead meat!” — The Guardian, 29 January 2001: “A life inside”
- a prostitute UK, 1961
An allusion to the flesh that is sold in a butcher’s shop, as opposed to that which is freshly given.
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