“Dead in the water”
Визначення
Unable to continue or succeed.
Приклади
Examples
“Without funding, the project is dead in the water.”
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Restore the missing expression using the meaning above. Keep the rest of the sentence unchanged.
Without funding, the project is _____.Compare with the original example
Without funding, the project is dead in the water.
Write a two-line conversation using “Dead in the water”. Make the situation clear enough that a reader can infer the meaning. Then replace the idiom with a plain-English explanation: does your conversation still mean the same thing?
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- What does "Dead in the water" mean?
- "Dead in the water" means unable to continue or succeed.
- How do you use "Dead in the water" in a sentence?
- Example: "Without funding, the project is dead in the water."
- Should I interpret "Dead in the water" word for word?
- Understand the expression as a whole. Use the definition and example to learn its meaning rather than translating each word separately.