a dead duck

Meaning

1. a plan, an event, etc. that has failed or is certain to fail and that is therefore not worth discussing

In the movies · 1

• If the federal government doesn't help us, we're a dead duck.Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room2005

Learn it in full scenes

• Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room2005
  • Enron's Dabhol Plant in Ruins
  • Fastow Admits Both Sides
  • Skilling Loses It on the Call

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• be dead and gone
• be a dead ringer for
• dead as a dodo
• dead as a doornail
• the dead hand of
• dead in the water
• dead meat
• dead on arrival
• dead to the world
• over my dead body
• wouldn't be seen dead
• flog a dead horse