dead and buried

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Idioms and Phrases

Also, dead and gone . Long forgotten, no longer in use, as in That argument is dead and buried , or No point in worrying about regulations that are long dead and gone . This figurative use of “having died” is usually applied to some issue. [Late 1800s]

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Many supporters reacted as though the tie was dead and buried after the Gunners were beaten at home by Paris St-Germain in the first leg of the Champions League semi-final on Tuesday.

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It is a stunning political turnaround for a party who were widely considered dead and buried just a few months ago.

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Seemingly dead and buried, the Liberals now believe they could win a fourth successive election, and even a majority in Parliament.

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"You go from dead and buried to feeling the elation of being on top of the world."

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Presidential spokesman George Charamba expressed his disappointment about the clerics' pronouncement, telling the state-run Herald newspaper the matter was now "dead and buried".

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