单词	doornail
释义	doornail noun door·​nail ˈdȯr-ˌnāl  -ˈnāl : a large-headed nail —used chiefly in the phrase dead as a doornail Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web These phrases catch on, are picked up by a host of people, and quickly become trite or dead as a doornail (itself a cliché) as their originality and cleverness vanish into thin air (another cliché). Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 July 2022 Biden’s critical race theory: racist, wrong and dead as a doornail. Luke Broadwater, New York Times, 16 May 2022 Old Marley was dead as a doornail, and so was the Great Dickens Christmas Fair, which up until the COVID-19 lockdown had transformed the Cow Palace exhibition hall into lamplit Victorian London. Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Dec. 2021 That means that plants that were able to withstand -22 degrees on Monday were killed dead as a doornail on Thursday by exposure to +9 degrees. Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 7 Feb. 2020 After all, the American Health Care Act (AHCA) seemed dead as a doornail right up until the House of Representatives passed it on a 217-213 vote last month following an initial failure. Sy Mukherjee, Fortune, 22 June 2017 Molly's dreams of a linguistic paradise were mortintoj as a doornail. Ken Jennings, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Mar. 2017 See More Word History First Known Use 14th century, in the meaning defined above Phrases Containing doornail (as) dead as a doornail (as) dead as a doornail
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