Usually means: Completely inactive or utterly lifeless.
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  1. as dead as a doornail: Merriam-Webster
  2. as dead as a doornail: TheFreeDictionary.com
  3. As dead as a doornail: Phrase Finder
  4. as dead as a doornail: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. as dead as a doornail: Idioms



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