Without his passport, he is a dead duck.
dead duck
idiomOne who is in serious danger or trouble.
If the manager finds out you lost that important file, you are a dead duck.
The company realized that without a sudden influx of capital, their ambitious expansion project was a dead duck.
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all duck or no dinner
All or nothing.
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beat a dead horse
To persist or continue far beyond any purpose, interest or reason.
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break one's duck
To do something for the first time.
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brown bread
[Cockney slang]dead
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come back from the dead
To experience a resurgence after one's productive years are assumed to have ended.
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dead 'n' buried
Contraction of dead and buried.
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dead air
An unintended interruption in a broadcast during which nothing is transmitted: a silent period on radio or a silent period with no picture on television.
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dead and buried
Of an issue, moot, passed, irrelevant, forgotten.