dead to rights

all rights reserved

The copyright holder of a creative work reserves all copyright-related rights, typically including the right to publish the work, to make derivative works of it, to distribute it, to make profit from it, to license a number of these rights to other people, and to forbid these uses by any unauthorized people, thus being entitled to take legal action against infringement.

bang to rights

Red-handed, (caught) in the act.

beat a dead horse

To persist or continue far beyond any purpose, interest or reason.

bragging rights

The prerogative to praise oneself for a skill or accomplishment.

Brown bread

[Cockney slang]dead

come back from the dead

To experience a resurgence after one's productive years are assumed to have ended.

dead 'n' buried

Contraction of dead and buried.

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.