dead in the water

Meaning

1. a person or plan that is dead in the water has failed and has little hope of succeeding in the future

   His leadership campaign is dead in the water.

In the movies · 1

• (TULKUN SINGING)Avatar: The Way of Water2022
• We're dead in the water.Avatar: The Way of Water2022
• You guys are dead in the water.The Big Lebowski1998
• Dead faces in the water.The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers2002

From the same entry

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