dead meat

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌdɛd ˈmiːt/

• Audio (General Australian):

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Noun

dead meat (uncountable)

1. A corpse of a slaughtered animal.
2. (slang, idiomatic) Someone in danger of being killed or severely punished.

   Synonym: dead duck

   We'll be dead meat if anyone catches us smoking.

Related terms

• double-dead meat

Translations

someone in danger of being killed or severely punished

• Finnish: mennyttä (adverbial)
• French: être fait comme un rat (fr), être un homme mort (fr)
• Hungarian: vége van (hu)
• Icelandic: dauðans matur m
• Polish: zagrożony (pl)