dead as a dodo

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*dead as a dodo and *dead as a doornail; deader than a doornail

dead; no longer in existence. (*Also: as ~.) That silly old idea is dead as a dodo. When I tried to start my car this morning, I discovered that the battery was deader than a doornail.

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Now, of course, the patchwork localism of the Napoleonic world is as dead as a dodo. Globalism and the American tide by Jones, Eric / The National Interest Suddenly you're being offered a lot of money - and you can be as dead as a dodo if you make the wrong choice. 'POSTMAN' DIRECTOR DELIVERS HIS OSCAR PICKS by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) Now, of course, the patchwork localism of the Napoleonic world is as dead as a dodo. The Death of Distance: How the Communications Revolution Will Change ... by Jones, Eric / The National Interest More results

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Now, of course, the patchwork localism of the Napoleonic world is as dead as a dodo.

Globalism and the American tide by Jones, Eric / The National Interest

Suddenly you're being offered a lot of money - and you can be as dead as a dodo if you make the wrong choice.

'POSTMAN' DIRECTOR DELIVERS HIS OSCAR PICKS by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)

Now, of course, the patchwork localism of the Napoleonic world is as dead as a dodo.

The Death of Distance: How the Communications Revolution Will Change ... by Jones, Eric / The National Interest

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