dead as a doornail

釋義

1. (as) dead as a doornail

   完全死了的；死僵了的

   completely dead

電影裡這樣說 · 3 部

• My agent told me it was dead as a doornail.Sunset Boulevard1950
• ...or I'll make him dead as a doornail.The World According to Garp1982
• - You're dead as a doornail, Smalls. - You're dead as a doornail.The Sandlot1993
• Dead as a doornail.Samaritan2022
• Dead as a doornail. Dead as a herring.Patch Adams1998
• With the newspapers and the radio stations that these gentlemen control, we can kill the John Doe movement deader than a doornail.Meet John Doe1941

在完整場景裡學

• 日落大道1950
  • 收車人上門下通牒：there's gonna be fireworks（要鬧翻天）
  • 向製片人推銷劇本被拒：over a barrel（任人擺佈）
  • 藏車躲債被當成殯儀員：a white elephant（大而無用的累贅）

同一詞條的短語

• be dead and gone
• be a dead ringer for
• dead as a dodo
• 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