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dead in the water
Idioms and Phrases
Unable to function or move; inoperable. For example, Without an effective leader, our plans for expansion are dead in the water . Originally referring to a crippled ship, this colloquialism was soon applied more broadly.Example Sentences
Rick tumbles into the moat, and the last frame we see of these two lovers is a yin and yang as they float, dead in the water, with the circle of blood blooming on Chelsea’s back serving as the very overt visual marker for the yin-yang comparison.
The Palestinians believed the plan was dead in the water.
But the GOP has an ultraslim majority in the House, and Senate Majority Leader John Thune claims he will preserve the chamber’s 60-vote filibuster, so unless the party passes this “defunding” as part of its budget bill, it appears dead in the water.
Senator Chris Murphy, D-Conn., said that the package could be dead in the water, arguing that Musk pulls the strings in the lower chamber and could tank the bid with a post to social media.
A proposed bill to fund the federal government beyond this Friday is dead in the water after it was objected to by President-elect Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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