dead as a dodo

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   completely dead; no longer interesting or valid

   And so now we talk about being "as dead as a dodo."

In the movies · 1

• And so now we talk about being "as dead as a dodo."David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive2014

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• be dead and gone
• be a dead ringer for
• dead as a doornail
• a dead duck
• 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