English

Adjective

dead as a doorknob

1. (simile) Entirely, unquestionably or certainly dead.

   I tried the flashlight, but the battery was as dead as a doorknob.

   I found the mouse who lived in our wall, lying on his back with his feet in the air—as dead as a doorknob.

Usage notes

Many other nouns can be substituted for "doorknob", perhaps the oldest being "doornail" used by William Shakespeare, in Henry VI, Part 2, act 4, scene 10, and also in A Christmas Carol. Other common forms include doormat, dodo, rock, graveyard.

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