becoming obsolete
thing that is not used anymore
non-existing
lacking life
absolutely dead
something that is not functioning properly
thing whose presence won’t make any difference
dead as a dodo
deaf as a doornail
dour as a doornail
The flowers are all dead as a doornail.
Malnutrition will leave you all dead as a doornail.
I hit that mosquito using my pencil and now it is dead as a doornail.
The idea to start an online business is dead as a doornail now.
My expensive laptop was dead as a doornail but it is working properly now.
Nobody is going to elect Harry now. His rule is over, dead as a doornail.
There is no origin for this idiom
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Common phrase that has a specific meaning.