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Meaning of dead as a doorknob | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C2

Definitions

Entirely, unquestionably or certainly dead.

Equivalents

Dansk død som en sild

Examples

“I tried the flashlight, but the battery was as dead as a doorknob.”
“I found the mouse who lived in our wall, lying on his back with his feet in the air—as dead as a doorknob.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

dead as a doornail dead as a herring dead as a kipper dead as a mackerel dead as ditch-water dead as Hector

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