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Dead as a Doornail was created on 2005-05-03.
dead as a doornail means it cant ever be used again
Example sentence - The bug was dead as a doornail after he stepped on it.
The opening line of the book, "Old Marley was dead as a doornail." Dead as a doornail is an idiom.
yes cause it isnt a simile, similes have like in it but that is revering to something so yes it is a metaphor
yeah, as a doornail.
Henry IV
It is actually an idiom.
NO jk he is dead as a doornail.
NO jk he is dead as a doornail.
A really good one is "dead as a doornail".
Another saying for "dead as a dodo" would be "dead as a doornail."