phrase thesaurus

A list of phrases containing the word "dead"...


  • Dead Man Walking ( Helen Prejean book )
  • Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid ( Steve Martin movie )
  • Dead Ringer For Love ( Meatloaf song )
  • Dead air
  • Dead and buried
  • Dead and gone
  • Dead cat bounce ( the meaning and origin of this phrase... )
  • Dead cinch
  • Dead duck
  • Dead easy
  • Dead end
  • Dead from the neck up
  • Dead giveaway
  • Dead heads
  • Dead heat
  • Dead in the water
  • Dead issue
  • Dead letter
  • Dead loss
  • Dead man walking
  • Dead meat
  • Dead men tell no tales
  • Dead men's shoes
  • Dead of night
  • Dead of winter
  • Dead on arrival
  • Dead on time
  • Dead presidents
  • Dead reckoning
  • Dead ringer ( the meaning and origin of this phrase... )
  • Dead to rights
  • Dead to the world
  • Dead white European male ( derogatory reference to someone who has an unjustified reputation )
  • Dead white male
  • Dead wood
  • Dick and Jane is dead ( Encyclopaedia Britannica advertising slogan )
  • Domestos kills all known germs - Dead! ( Domestos Bleach advertising slogan )
  • Down among the dead men
  • Drop dead
  • Drop dead gorgeous
  • Drop dead list
  • Drop down dead
  • Drop the Dead Donkey ( BBC comedy television series )
  • Fifteen men on a dead man's chest
  • Flogging a dead horse
  • Given up for dead
  • God is dead ( philosophical comment by Friedrich Nietzsche )
  • Good and dead
  • Hang by the neck until dead
  • He's dead Jim ( A catchphrase from Star Trek )
  • I see dead people ( The Sixth Sense )
  • I wouldn't be caught dead
  • Kicking dead whales down the beach
  • Kill stone dead
  • Kills bugs dead ( Raid advertising slogan )
  • Knock 'em dead
  • Left for dead
  • Let the dead bury the dead
  • Like being savaged by a dead sheep
  • Loud enough to waken the dead
  • More dead than alive
  • Never speak ill of the dead
  • Numbered with the dead
  • Over my dead body
  • Play dead
  • Raise the dead
  • Roll over and play dead
  • Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead ( play by Tom Stoppard )
  • The Day of the Dead ( Horror movie )
  • The King is dead, long live the King
  • The only good Indian is a dead Indian
  • Wanted, dead or alive
  • Yellow matter custard dripping from a dead dog's eye ( Beatles song lyric )
  • You're a long time dead

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