dead last
idiomFinishing in last place in a competition or ranking, often by a considerable margin to the next to last place finisher or after an exceptionally poor showing or season.
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beat a dead horse
To persist or continue far beyond any purpose, interest or reason.
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breathe one's last
To die.
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Brown bread
[Cockney slang]dead
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cobbler, keep to your last
One should not criticise matters outside one's field of expertise; one should mind one's business.
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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.