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Julia Huong
2021-12-22 11:12
Dead duck noun phrase informal slang figurative
Used to describe a person or thing that is useless or hopeless.
The project was a dead duck right from the start.
The treatment that she tried was a dead duck.
Someone who is about to be in a lot of trouble for something they did.
The man is a dead duck. When the police catch him ,he will have to go to jail.
If they find out what I did, I'm a dead duck!
1. A short period of time suffering from depression
2. A hangover
To attempt to do something but produce no result or effect
No value, use, or purpose
To fall into a hopeless or depressed state
1. Having got an unlucky outcome
2. In a hopeless situation
Some believe that this slang term derives from the old saying "Never waste powder on a dead duck," which was first recorded in 1829.
Do you see anything wrong?
If you swallow the bait, you take something that someone offers you, or agree to do something that someone asks you to do without knowing that it is a trick or way of getting something from you.
You can't just do whatever he wants you to do. Don't swallow the bait.
