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单词 dead duck
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
dead duck, 
  1. a person or thing that is beyond help, redemption, or hope:One more missed opportunity and this whole enterprise is a dead duck.
  • 1820–30, American; origin, originally, in political slang, a person who has lost influence or power and is therefore useless; perh. from the proverb "never waste powder on a dead duck''

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
dead duck n
  1. slang a person or thing doomed to death, failure, etc, esp because of a mistake or misjudgment
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