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dead as ditch-water en · ADJ

Meanings

1. (not-comparable, qualifier:simile) Unquestionably dead.
   • "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. 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:

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dead as a doornail · dead as a dodo · dull as ditchwater