But to French officials, he's as dead as a doornail.
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It's as dead as a doornail.
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I still get shivers from the ominous drumbeat and dark opening chords before the opening words of narration : " Old Marley was as dead as a doornail ."
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The militia based argument has been termed worthy of the mad hatter by the US Supreme Court and Salty just does not get that his pet theory is as dead as a doornail.
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As admins become increasinly enamored with IAR, and as we become increasingly contemptuous of consensus and process, adminship becomes a bigger and bigger deal . " No big deal " is as dead as a doornail.
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"If I had to make my living playing jazz, I'd be as dead as a doornail, " he confessed in a recent interview, adding that he plays for the " thrill and the joy of it ."
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"The work is very relevant to Mars because we know the surface of Mars is as dead as a doornail and any life there _ if it exists _ would live underground, " said Chris McKay, a planetary scientist at NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California.