dead to the world

all over the world

throughout the world, everywhere, worldwide, globally.

beat a dead horse

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

Brown bread

[Cockney slang]dead

come back from the dead

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

come into the world

To be born.

coming into the world

The act of being born; a birth.

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.