# dead and buried

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/dead-and-buried
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

Of an issue, moot, passed, irrelevant, forgotten.

## 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.

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