"dead as a doorknob" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "etymology_text": "Possibly from a misinterpretation or misunderstanding of the expression dead as a doornail. See usage notes below.",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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          "name": "Death",
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            "Human",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I tried the flashlight, but the battery was as dead as a doorknob."
        },
        {
          "text": "I found the mouse who lived in our wall, lying on his back with his feet in the air—as dead as a doorknob."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Entirely, unquestionably or certainly dead."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "Entirely",
          "entirely"
        ],
        [
          "unquestionably",
          "unquestionably"
        ],
        [
          "dead",
          "dead"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "simile",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(simile) Entirely, unquestionably or certainly dead."
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "unquestionably dead (see here)",
          "word": "død som en sild"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "unquestionably dead (see here)",
          "word": "kuollut kuin kivi"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "english": "dead as a herring",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "unquestionably dead (see here)",
          "word": "død som en sild"
        }
      ]
    }
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dead as a doorknob"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "Possibly from a misinterpretation or misunderstanding of the expression dead as a doornail. See usage notes below.",
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      },
      "expansion": "dead as a doorknob",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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        "English similes",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "en:Death"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I tried the flashlight, but the battery was as dead as a doorknob."
        },
        {
          "text": "I found the mouse who lived in our wall, lying on his back with his feet in the air—as dead as a doorknob."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Entirely, unquestionably or certainly dead."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Entirely",
          "entirely"
        ],
        [
          "unquestionably",
          "unquestionably"
        ],
        [
          "dead",
          "dead"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "simile",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(simile) Entirely, unquestionably or certainly dead."
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
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    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "unquestionably dead (see here)",
      "word": "død som en sild"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "unquestionably dead (see here)",
      "word": "kuollut kuin kivi"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "english": "dead as a herring",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "unquestionably dead (see here)",
      "word": "død som en sild"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dead as a doorknob"
}