词组 | be a dead loss |
释义 | Idiom be a dead loss 1. if something or someone is a dead loss, they disappoint you because they are of bad quality or because they are not able to do what you want them to do. The meeting was a dead loss. We didn't come to a single decision.He may have been a great poet, but he was a dead loss as a husband. 2. to be very bad at a particular activity or subject. I was an absolute dead loss at sport when I was at school. (sometimes + at)be a dead lossslang To be unsuccessful in a certain area or pursuit. I thought I could reconcile with my mother, but our phone call was a dead loss. My drawing is a mess—I'm a dead loss as an artist. Don't put him on our team, he's a dead loss at basketball! |
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