Idiom
dead meat
Meaning
Someone in danger of being killed or severely punished.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“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.”
Examples
simple
“If you break that expensive vase, you are dead meat.”
contextual
“The student knew he was dead meat when the teacher found the cheat sheet in his pocket.”
complex
“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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