Idiom
flat on one's back
Meaning
Without recourse; helpless.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The flu has kept me flat on my back all week.”
“After the business failed and his savings disappeared, he was left flat on his back with no way to pay his debts.”
“The sudden collapse of the regional economy left the small community flat on its back, struggling to find any path toward recovery.”
Examples
simple
“The flu has kept me flat on my back all week.”
contextual
“After the business failed and his savings disappeared, he was left flat on his back with no way to pay his debts.”
complex
“The sudden collapse of the regional economy left the small community flat on its back, struggling to find any path toward recovery.”
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