against the clock »
In a time-restricted manner, to meet a deadline, hurriedly, timed.
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at peace »
Dead.
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at the end of the road »
No longer living. Dead.
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back to square one »
Located back at the start, as after a dead-end or failure.
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beat a dead horse »
To persist or continue far beyond any purpose, interest or reason.
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belly up »
Dead or defunct.
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brain-dead »
Having an irreversible loss of brain function and cessation of brain activity.
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brain-dead »
Having no useful thoughts; stupid; ditzy.
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dead »
: So hated by that they are absolutely ignored.
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dead »
Broken or inoperable.
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dead »
Completely inactive; without power; without a signal.
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dead »
Exact.
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dead »
Figuratively, not alive; lacking life.
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dead »
Full and complete.
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dead »
No longer living.
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dead »
No longer used or required.
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dead »
Not in play.
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dead »
Stationary; static.
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dead »
Unproductive.
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dead »
Without emotion.
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dead »
Without interest to one of the senses; dull; flat.
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dead air »
An unintended interruption in a radio broadcast during which there is no sound; a similar interruption of a television broadcast in which there is neither sound nor a video signal.
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dead as a dodo »
That has become out of date.
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dead as a dodo »
Undoubtedly and unquestionably dead.
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dead as a doorknob »
Entirely, unquestionably or certainly dead.
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dead as a doornail »
Unquestionably dead. Used for both inanimate objects and once living beings.
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dead duck »
A project that is doomed to failure from the start.
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dead duck »
One who is in serious danger or trouble.
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dead end »
A path or strategy that goes nowhere or is blocked on one end.
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dead giveaway »
Obvious, easily apparent.
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dead heat »
A close race or contest in which no winner is apparent.
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dead in the water »
Nearly dead, doomed.
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dead last »
The standings, often by a considerable margin to the next-to-last-place finisher or after an exceptionally poor showing or season.
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dead men tell no tales »
Once someone is dead, they can no longer communicate, hence killing someone is the best way to keep him/her quiet.
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dead of night »
Middle of the night.
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dead on »
Exactly at.
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dead ringer »
Someone or something that very closely resembles another; someone or something easily mistaken for another.
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dead set against »
Completely opposed, with no possibility of a change of mind.
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dead shot »
Perfect shooter
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dead to rights »
With sufficient evidence to establish responsibility definitively.
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dead tree edition »
Paper version of a publication that can be found online.
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dead weight »
That which is useless or excess; that which slows something down.
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dead weight »
Weight that does not move.
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dead wood »
Dead limbs and branches still attached to a living tree.
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dead wood »
Personnel no longer contributing to an organization.
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deadbeat dad »
A man, especially one who is divorced or estranged from his partner, who fails to provide monetary child support when he is legally required to do so.
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deadstick landing »
When a pilot lands a plane after the engine has died; a landing lacking any propulsion control.
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deadweight »
A useless, usually encumbering factor.
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deadweight »
The largest weight of cargo a ship is able to carry; i.e, the weight of a ship when fully loaded minus its weight when empty.
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die »
To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.
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down to the wire »
At the very end of a process or project, especially one with a fast-approaching deadline.
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flog a dead horse »
To attempt to get extra work out of a ship's crew during the dead horse period.
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flog a dead horse »
To attempt to get more out of something that cannot give more.
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flutter in the dovecote »
I further argued that the principal cause for the political deadlock that persisted for thirty years after the guns fell silent was Israeli intransigence rather than Arab intransigence. The appearance of the first wave of revisionist studies excited a great deal of interest and controversy in the media and more than a flutter in the academic dovecote. — Israel Confronts Its Past.
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from my cold, dead hands »
A statement that something will not be taken away from you until the day you die.
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hatchet man »
Someone who carries out brutal and unpleasant duties on behalf of another, such as firing dead wood employees.
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in Abraham's bosom »
No longer living. Dead.
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kill off »
To represent or portray as being dead.
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last minute »
Point in time, too close to a deadline to reasonably begin a critical task.
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life's a bitch »
An expression of acceptance of misfortune.1950, Joy Davidman, Weeping Bay, page 184:She'd have been willing enough to use them, poor dead little bitch. Life's a bitch. Life's a bad joke.
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not be caught dead »
To refuse completely to do something.
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nut-cutting time »
Time to exert maximum effort, for example, due to an approaching deadline or a looming competitive situation.
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over my dead body »
Under no circumstances; absolutely not.
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pushing up daisies »
Dead.
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shroud »
Especially, the dress for the dead; a winding sheet.
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six feet under »
Buried six feet underground; not alive; dead.
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stone dead »
Utterly dead.
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stop dead »
To stop suddenly.
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stop on a dime »
To stop dead; stop suddenly.
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under the wire »
At the last minute; before the deadline; barely on time; nearly late.
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