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Where did the expression 'dead as a doornail' come from? ... [Q] From Clyde W Hathaway: How about dead as a doornail? ... But why particularly a doornail, rather than just any old nail? Could it be because of the repetition of sounds, and the much better rhythm of the phrase...
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Dead as Doornails: A Memoir (Paperback) ... This review is from: Dead As Doornails: A Chronicle of Life (Oxford Paperbacks) (Hardcover) ... This item: Dead as Doornails: A Memoir by Anthony Cronin...
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Dead as a Doornail - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Dead as a Doornail is the fifth book in Charlaine Harris's series The Southern Vampire Mysteries. The fifth Sookie Stackhouse fantasy-mystery (after 2004's Dead to the World ) pits vampires, were...
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As dead as a doornail - the meaning and origin of this phrase. ... yet, come thou and thy five men, and if I do not leave you all as dead as a doornail, I pray God I may never eat grass more.
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The fifth installment of the Sookie Stackhouse series, Dead as a Doornail, was one I didn't care as much for the first time through. On re-reading it, I found I liked it quite a bit better. Someone is taking shots at the local shifters, and Sookie's brother Jason--newly made a werepanther--is under suspicion.
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This was done by pounding the protruding point of the nail over and down into the wood. A nail that was bent in this fashion (and thus not easily pulled out) was said to be dead. Thus the expression - dead as a doornail.
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'Akira' Project is Dead as a Doornail; Saturday, June 13, 2009; ... Sad news comes in this weekend as we have learned that not only has Robinson left the project, but Tetsuo and Kaneda's adventure is "dead as a doornail," a report we've confirmed with two separate sources. I can only hope it gets revived in the near future...
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