| 单词 | dead duck |
| 释义 | dead duck 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, Amer.; orig., 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"] |
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