HyperDic English DEAD ... dead duck

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English 1 sense of the expression *dead duck*:
NOUN	state	dead duck	something doomed to failure

Englishdead duck: 1 sense noun 1, state
Meaning	Something doomed to failure.
Examples	"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"
Broader	failure	lack of success
Spanish	causa perdida

HyperDicEnglishDEAD ... dead duck