dead duck

dead duck

n. Slang

One doomed to failure or to death.

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dead duck

Noun

Slang something that is doomed to failure

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

dead duck - something doomed to failure; "he finally admitted that the legislation was a dead duck"; "the idea of another TV channel is now a dead duck"; "as theories go, that's a dead duck" failure - lack of success; "he felt that his entire life had been a failure"; "that year there was a crop failure"