| 单词 | to be dead meat |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be dead meat slang. to be dead meat: to be dead, esp. to have been killed; to be facing certain doom; (frequently hyperbolically) to be in serious trouble.Often in proleptic use, of one's own (or another's) likely fate. ΚΠ 1849 E. Bennett Leni-Leoti viii. 43/1 ‘O the infarnals!’ sez Ben, jumpin up and showin blood on his noddle. ‘I'm dead meat, sartin. But I'll hev company along,’ sez he. 1865 H. L. Williams Joaquin 44 Drop your belts on the ground, or you're dead meat! 1937 G. Dennis Coronation Comm. 62 Other lands there are..in which those two able men would for their ability (for their views, their blood) be prisoners, or kicked pariahs, or dead meat. 1974 ‘D. Gober’ Black Cop 126 Without his magnum he would be dead meat in a fire fight. 2000 J. Goodwin Danny Boy x. 216 I was dead meat, and I knew it, but it was too late now. < as lemmas |
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