Idiom
dead duck
Meaning
One who is in serious danger or trouble.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Without his passport, he is a dead duck.”
“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.”
Examples
simple
“Without his passport, he is a dead duck.”
contextual
“If the manager finds out you lost that important file, you are a dead duck.”
complex
“The company realized that without a sudden influx of capital, their ambitious expansion project was a dead duck.”
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