be dead meat

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be dead meat (American & Australian, informal)

if you say that someone is dead meat, you mean that they will be punished severely for something they have done. You touch any of my things again and you're dead meat!

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With his squeaky, tease-inviting voice, he'll be dead meat the minute he hits kindergarten. `ELMO IN GROUCHLAND' GOOD-NATURED MUSICAL FUN by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) One thug with a gun can ignore almost any number of unarmed citizens, but if every citizen is carrying a Saturday night special or a junk gun or whatever awful identification the anti-gun crowd is currently touting, the thug would be dead meat the very next time he attempted an armed assault. PUBLIC FORUM : LAKERS LOST HER SUPPORT by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) More results

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With his squeaky, tease-inviting voice, he'll be dead meat the minute he hits kindergarten.

`ELMO IN GROUCHLAND' GOOD-NATURED MUSICAL FUN by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)

One thug with a gun can ignore almost any number of unarmed citizens, but if every citizen is carrying a Saturday night special or a junk gun or whatever awful identification the anti-gun crowd is currently touting, the thug would be dead meat the very next time he attempted an armed assault.

PUBLIC FORUM : LAKERS LOST HER SUPPORT by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)

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