"dead in the water" 怎么发音

expression

US

DED in thuh WAW-ter

UK

DED in thuh WAW-tuh

释义

If something is 'dead in the water,' it has stopped progressing and has no chance of success. It originally referred to a boat unable to move, but now is used for projects, plans, or ideas that aren’t going anywhere.

IPA 音标

美式英语

ˈdɛd/ /ˈɪn/, /ɪn/ /ˈðə/, /ðə/, /ði/ /ˈwɔtɝ

英式英语

dˈɛd/ /ˈɪn/ /ðə, ði/ /wˈɔːtɐ

简化发音

美式

DED in thuh WAW-ter

英式

DED in thuh WAW-tuh

语境中听

The project is dead in the water after losing funding.

Once the company stopped supporting it, the software was dead in the water.

His idea was dead in the water before it even started.

After that scandal, their campaign is pretty much dead in the water.