Meanings
stone dead, dead as a dodo, dead as a doornail
colloquial · familiär · emotional · verstärkend · auch übertragenstone dead; dead as a dodo / as dead as a dodo; dead as a doornail / as dead as a doornail; dead as mutton / as dead as mutton
Der Soldat war bereits verstorben; mausetot geschlagen lag er da.
Examples
GermanEnglish
Der alte Marley war mausetot.Old Marley was as dead as a door-nail.