dead meat

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Noun

dead meat (uncountable)

(slang) A corpse.
(slang, idiomatic) Someone in danger of being killed or severely punished.
We'll be dead meat if anyone catches us smoking.

Related terms

double-dead meat

Translations

someone in danger of being killed or severely punished

Finnish: mennyttä (adverbial)
French: être fait comme un rat (fr), être un homme mort (fr)
Hungarian: vége van (hu)
Icelandic: dauðans matur m
Polish: zagrożony (pl)

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