| 词汇 | dead in the water |
| 释义 | dead in the water Theme: MOVEMENT - LACKING mod. stalled; immobile. (Originally nautical.)This whole company is dead in the water.The project is dead in the water for the time being. Idiom dead in the water without any chance for success.I guess our plans for summer vacation are dead in the water. dead in the waterCompletely defunct. Oh, that idea from last week's meeting is dead in the water now that the CEO has vetoed it. dead in the waterstalled; immobile. (Originally nautical.) This whole company is dead in the water. The project is out of funds and dead in the water for the time being. dead in the waterUnable 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. dead in the waterJOURNALISMCOMMON If something or someone is dead in the water, they have failed and they are unlikely to be successful in the future. I think for all practical purposes, the talks are now dead in the water. One backbench Tory MP said last night: `It looks as if he is dead in the water now.' Note: The image here is of a sailing boat which cannot move because there is no wind. dead in the waterunable to function effectively.Dead in the water was originally used of a ship and in this context means ‘unable to move’. 1997 Times And Oasis? Well, they are hardly dead in the water, having sold three million copies of Be Here Now. ˌdead in the ˈwatera person or plan that is dead in the water has failed and has little hope of succeeding in the future: Now the scandal is out, his leadership campaign is dead in the water.dead in the water mod. stalled; immobile. (Originally nautical.) The project is dead in the water for the time being. dead in the water Unable to function or move: The crippled ship was dead in the water. With no leadership, the project was dead in the water. dead in the waterA failure. The analogy here is to a dead fish floating. The cliché dates from the second half of the 1900s and is most often applied to a struggling business that is about to fail completely. |
| 随便看 |
|
青年旅行网英语在线翻译词典收录了440382条英语词汇在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的中英文双语翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。