dead in the water

dead in the water
phrasal 1. incapable of being effective ; stalled <
peace talks were dead in the water
>
2. as good as dead ; doomed <
most books are dead in the water long before their publication — Phillip Lopate
>

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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