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Meaning of dead meat | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

/ˌdɛd ˈmiːt/

Definitions

A corpse of a slaughtered animal.
uncountable
Someone in danger of being killed or severely punished.
idiomatic, slang, uncountable

Equivalents

Suomi mennyttä

Français être fait comme un rat être un homme mort

Polski zagrożony

Examples

“We'll be dead meat if anyone catches us smoking.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

dead media dead melt dead men dead men's bells dead men's fingers dead men's shoes