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dead duck
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Princeton's WordNet
dead ducknoun
something doomed to failure
"he finally admitted that the legislation was a dead duck"; "the idea of another TV channel is now a dead duck"; "as theories go, that's a dead duck"
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dead ducknoun
One who is in serious danger or trouble.
dead ducknoun
A project that is doomed to failure from the start.
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dead duck
A dead duck is an idiomatic expression generally used to refer to someone or something that is doomed, unsuccessful, or has no future anymore. It can be used in a variety of situations, may it be in politics to describe a candidate who has no chance of winning, in business to refer to a project that is bound to fail, or in life to denote a person who is in an irreversible, poor situation.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of dead duck in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of dead duck in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of dead duck in a Sentence
The issue of climate change and the fire is a dead duck as far as I'm concerned, what is the most significant thing, is the changing structure of the forest.
I tracked the ball into his glove, and it just hit the ground as it was going into his glove, so either way, I'm pretty much a dead duck, I feel like.
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