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Meaning of dead as ditch-water | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

Unquestionably dead.

not-comparable

Examples

“"Do you go in if you like." But I merely shook my head, my excitement was as dead as ditch-water, and my distaste for the prolongation of my mortal span had come back upon me more strongly than ever.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

dead as Hector dead asleep dead calm dead center dead drunk dead first