Idiom
dead and buried
Meaning
Of an issue, moot, passed, irrelevant, forgotten.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“That old argument is dead and buried now.”
“We decided to stop talking about the failed project because it is dead and buried.”
“Once the new policy took effect, the controversial proposal from last year was considered dead and buried by the committee.”
Examples
simple
“That old argument is dead and buried now.”
contextual
“We decided to stop talking about the failed project because it is dead and buried.”
complex
“Once the new policy took effect, the controversial proposal from last year was considered dead and buried by the committee.”
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