dead meat

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dead meat

/ˌdɛd ˈmiːt/

noun

uncountable A corpse of a slaughtered animal.
idiomatic, slang, uncountable Someone in danger of being killed or severely punished. We'll be dead meat if anyone catches us smoking.
Similar: dead duck, ill-fated

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noun someone in danger of being killed or severely punished

Français	être fait comme un rat, être un homme mort

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@misc{dead_meat_2026,
  title = {dead meat},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dead%20meat},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}