"dead meat" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌdɛd ˈmiːt/ Audio: en-au-dead meat.ogg
Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} dead meat (uncountable)
  1. A corpse of a slaughtered animal. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-dead_meat-en-noun-Pd2bSXq8
  2. (slang, idiomatic) Someone in danger of being killed or severely punished. Tags: idiomatic, slang, uncountable Synonyms: dead duck Translations (someone in danger of being killed or severely punished): mennyttä [adverbial] (Finnish), être fait comme un rat (French), être un homme mort (French), vége van (Hungarian), dauðans matur [masculine] (Icelandic), zagrożony (Polish)
    Sense id: en-dead_meat-en-noun-eesEc0F6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 97 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 6 94 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 95 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of 'someone in danger of being killed or severely punished': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: double-dead meat
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