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Meaning of dead meat | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˌdɛd ˈmiːt

Definitions

  1. A corpse of a slaughtered animal.
    uncountable
  2. 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
Magyar vége van
Íslenska dauðans matur
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.
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See also

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

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