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词汇 be a dead loss
释义
Idiom
be a dead loss
1.
if something or someone is a dead loss, they disappoint you because they are of bad quality or because they are not able to do what you want them to do.
The meeting was a dead loss. We didn't come to a single decision.He may have been a great poet, but he was a dead loss as a husband.
2.
to be very bad at a particular activity or subject.
I was an absolute dead loss at sport when I was at school.
(sometimes + at)
idiombe a dead lossuselessspoken to be completely useless:That last conference we went to was a dead loss - I didn't learn anything.He may be doing all right now, but he was a dead loss when he was running the mailroom.

be a dead loss

slang To be unsuccessful in a certain area or pursuit. I thought I could reconcile with my mother, but our phone call was a dead loss. My drawing is a mess—I'm a dead loss as an artist. Don't put him on our team, he's a dead loss at basketball!
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