dead meat
Someone in danger of being killed or severely punished.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“If you break that expensive vase, you are dead meat.”
“The student knew he was dead meat when the teacher found the cheat sheet in his pocket.”
“Realizing he had accidentally deleted the company's primary database, the intern understood he was dead meat once the manager returned.”
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beat a dead horse
To persist or continue far beyond any purpose, interest or reason.
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brown bread
[Cockney slang]dead
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chew the meat and spit out the bones
To take in a great deal of information and selectively disregard some of it as invalid or inapplicable.
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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.
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dead asleep
Sleeping in a deep sleep
Last updated August 10, 2026