DEADER THAN A DOORNAIL
deader than a doornail: translation
*dead as a dodo & *dead as a doornail & deader than a doornail
dead; no longer in existence. (*Also:
as \deader than a doornail.) •
That silly old idea is dead as a dodo.
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When I tried to start my car this morning, I discovered that the battery was deader than a doornail.