Cómo Pronunciar "dead as a doornail"

expression

DED-uhz-uh DOR-nayl

DED-az-uh DAW-nayl

Definición

Completely, unquestionably dead or lifeless. This is a very old English idiom used to emphasize that something is no longer alive or active in any sense.

Transcripción IPA

Inglés Americano

ˈdɛd/ /ˈæz/, /ˈɛz/ /ˈeɪ/, /ə/ /ˈdɔɹˌneɪɫ

Inglés Británico

dˈɛd/ /ˈæs/ /æɪ/ /dˈɔːneɪl

Pronunciación Simplificada

EE.UU.

DED-uhz-uh DOR-nayl

DED-az-uh DAW-nayl

Escucha en Contexto

After not watering it for weeks, my plant was dead as a doornail.

The battery in my phone is dead as a doornail.

That old computer is dead as a doornail now.

After the big storm, the city was dead as a doornail at night.