| 词汇 | dead-man-walking |
| 释义 | dead man walkingidiom someone who will certainly lose their job, position, title, etc. very soon: The Prime Minister is a dead man walking. He survived the scandal but was widely considered a dead man walking going into the election. The team were dead men walking when they came onto the pitch. US a prisoner who is going to be executed(= legally killed as a punishment): The documentary focuses on a prison chaplain who dealt with 95 "dead men walking". Failing and doing badly abjectly at-risk backbencher balls (something) up be on your beam endsidiom blow (someone/something) up bomb egg flog a dead horseidiom flop flub flunk out founder fray around/at the edgesidiom mess running on emptyidiom sclerotic screw screw (something) up sign someone's death warrant You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Winners & losers People held in prison Death penalties |
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