How to Pronounce "dead and buried"
expression
DED-and-BER-id
DED-and-BERR-id
Definition
When something is 'dead and buried,' it is completely finished, ended, or forgotten, with no chance it will return.
IPA Transcription
American English
ˈdɛd/ /ˈænd/, /ənd/ /ˈbɛɹid
British English
dˈɛd/ /ˈænd/ /bˈɛɹɪd
Simplified Pronunciation
US
DED-and-BER-id
UK
DED-and-BERR-id
Listen in Context
That problem is dead and buried now.
Once the law changed, the old rule was dead and buried.
He promised the argument was dead and buried.
Don’t worry about the mistake—that’s dead and buried.