dead as a doornail

释义

1. (as) dead as a doornail

   完全死了的；死僵了的

   completely dead

电影里这样说 · 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

在完整场景里学

• 日落大道1950
  • 收车人上门下通牒：there's gonna be fireworks（要闹翻天）
  • 向制片人推销剧本被拒：over a barrel（任人摆布）
  • 藏车躲债被当成殡仪员：a white elephant（大而无用的累赘）

同一词条的短语

• 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