dead in the water

释义

1. （人或计划）失败，无成功希望

   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.他参加领导层竞选无望成功。

电影里这样说 · 1 部

• (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

同一词条的短语

• 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