DEADDUCK

dead duck

Noun

  1. One who is in serious danger or trouble.
    She's a dead duck if she starts flirting with my boyfriend!
  2. A project that is doomed to failure from the start.
    The government decision meant that the proposed boycott of South African goods was a dead duck.


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