'dead in the water', again

Posted by GPP on August 25, 2003

I posted a question only a couple of days ago, but it's already disappearing out of sight down the page, with no responses to date: Can anyone help me with the provenance of the phrase 'dead in the water' (which pretty soon could be applied to the question itself)?

• 'dead in the water', again lewis 28/August/03
• 'dead in the water', again EAH 25/August/03
• 'dead in the water', again R.Berg 25/August/03
  • 'dead in the water', again GPP 25/August/03
    • 'dead in the water', again Henry 25/August/03
      • 'dead in the water', again GPP 25/August/03
        • 'dead in the water', again ESC 25/August/03