| 释义 |
(as) dead as a (or the) dodoinformal 1Completely dead or extinct. 1.1No longer effective, valid, or interesting: the campaign was as dead as a dodo...- I feel full-blown £20,000-a-year constables are not going to be widely used on foot patrols because top brass officers think that type of policing is dead as the dodo.
- While the League's television bid might now be as dead as a dodo, there are some vital facts that any future television deal-makers will find interesting to pore over.
- Thank God the idea of regional assemblies is now as dead as a dodo.
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