dead duck
Example Sentences
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Before it all started to get trippy, Scotland were losing 3-0 and Denmark were winning 1-0, a series of results that made Scottish hopes of automatic qualification a dead duck.
From BBC • Nov. 15, 2025
“He’d be more like a dead duck, rather than a lame duck,” said Park Sung-min, president of Seoul-based MIN Consulting, a political consulting firm.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 11, 2024
Buffett is correct in acknowledging that the traditional newspaper business model is a dead duck in the long run, as readers transition to digital news websites.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2019
Unless you invest, whether it's the better ones from the Championship or guys with experience of the Premier League, then you are on to a dead duck.
From The Guardian • Oct. 22, 2010
I noticed a long time ago when it comes to disappointment, once a growned person feels it for you, you ain’t nothing but a dead duck, ’cause caint nothing be done to change their mind.
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
