dead as a dodo



*dead as a dodo

 and *dead as a doornail; deader than a doornail
dead; no longer in existence. (*Also: as ~.) That silly old idea is dead as a dodo. When I tried to start my car this morning, I discovered that the battery was deader than a doornail.
See also: dead, dodo

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
PeacePEESEnglish (Rare)
Carmine-Italian
LonnyLAHN-eeEnglish
Downing[dauniŋ]
AdrianAY-dree-ən (English), AHD-ryahn (Polish), AH-dree-ahn (German), ah-dree-AHN (Russian)English, Romanian, Polish, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Russian
Sylvainseel-VENFrench