What is the meaning of DEAD IN-THE-WATER. Phrases containing DEAD IN-THE-WATER
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Knock them dead is British slang for to evoke a favourable response.
Sex. Sometimes used as "the old in-out in-out'; "No time for the old in-out, love, just here to read the meter!"
Dead eye is British slang for the anus.
Dead In the Water.
The old saying, "Interesting things come in small packages," certainly rings true as to the small word "dead" as used by the Aussie population. Examples
tomato sauce ‘Pass the dead horse, thanks’
Very, extremely.[ David was drop dead gorgeous].
Pound of lead is old London Cockney rhyming slang for the head.
Alive or dead was th century London Cockney rhyming slang for the head.
Soft in the head is slang for stupid, dimwitted.
Sauce. Pass the dead horse
tomato sauce. e.g. "Pass the dead horse will you please mate"
To outclass, exceed or transcend. e.g. "The Yank left us for dead in the last America's cup race"
Lead in one's pencil is British slang for male virility.
Adv. Very, extremely. E.g."Our holiday was dead good."
Judge Dread is London Cockney rhyming slang for head.
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The most quiet or deathlike time; the period of profoundest repose, inertness, or gloom; as, the dead of winter.
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Lacking spirit; dull; lusterless; cheerless; as, dead eye; dead fire; dead color, etc.
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Deprived of life; -- opposed to alive and living; reduced to that state of a being in which the organs of motion and life have irrevocably ceased to perform their functions; as, a dead tree; a dead man.
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Sure as death; unerring; fixed; complete; as, a dead shot; a dead certainty.
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Not imparting motion or power; as, the dead spindle of a lathe, etc. See Spindle.
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Destitute of life; inanimate; as, dead matter.
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Still as death; motionless; inactive; useless; as, dead calm; a dead load or weight.
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See under Dead, a.
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To make dead; to deaden; to deprive of life, force, or vigor.
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Dead.
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To be at the head of; to put one's self at the head of; to lead; to direct; to act as leader to; as, to head an army, an expedition, or a riot.
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So constructed as not to transmit sound; soundless; as, a dead floor.
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Unproductive; bringing no gain; unprofitable; as, dead capital; dead stock in trade.
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Wanting in religious spirit and vitality; as, dead faith; dead works.
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Resembling death in appearance or quality; without show of life; deathlike; as, a dead sleep.
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One who is dead; -- commonly used collectively.
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Not brilliant; not rich; thus, brown is a dead color, as compared with crimson.
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Monotonous or unvaried; as, a dead level or pain; a dead wall.
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Not out; within; inside. In, the preposition, becomes an adverb by omission of its object, leaving it as the representative of an adverbial phrase, the context indicating what the omitted object is; as, he takes in the situation (i. e., he comprehends it in his mind); the Republicans were in (i. e., in office); in at one ear and out at the other (i. e., in or into the head); his side was in (i. e., in the turn at the bat); he came in (i. e., into the house).
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Decayed; tasteless; dead; as, a deaf nut; deaf corn.
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