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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Daniel	DAN-yəl (English), dah-nee-EL (Jewish), dan-YEL (French), DAH-nee-el (German), DAHN-yel (Polish)	English, Hebrew, French, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Spanish, Portugu
Elmo	EL-mo	English, German, Italian
FÓLki	-	Ancient Scandinavian
Martha	MAHR-thə (English)	English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, German, Greek, Biblical, Old Church Slavic, Biblical Lat
Everett	['evərit]
ÉAbha	AY-va	Irish