deader than a doornail

deader than a doornail
*dead as a dodo & *dead as a doornail & deader than a doornail
dead; no longer in existence. (*Also: as \deader than a doornail.) •

That silly old idea is dead as a dodo.

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When I tried to start my car this morning, I discovered that the battery was deader than a doornail.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • phfft — [ffft] 1. mod. finished; done for. (See also piffed.) □ There is my cat, and zoom comes a car. My cat is phfft. □ Yup. Deader than a doornail. Phfft! 2. mod. alcohol intoxicated. □ You won’t wake him up for hours yet. He’s phfft …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

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