What is a doornail, as in “dead as a doornail”?
What is a doornail, as in “dead as a doornail”?
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I belive the website below will answer your question, I thought it was a good one! Funny how “doornails” aren’t used very much anymore, but the saying lives on.
I’m out like a light!
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In this way of using it,dead means immoveable or fixed–solidly in place.
Dead can mean to the uttermost degree,as in,dead set,dead silence.
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