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  • 31Failure Is not a Factory-Installed Option — Infobox American Dad! episode Title =Failure is not a Factory Installed Option Series =American Dad! Caption = Season =2 Episode =3 Airdate =September 24, 2006 Production =2AJN07 Writer =Etan Cohen Director =Rodney Clouden Guests =Patrick Stewart …

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  • 32dead duck — noun a) One who is in serious danger or trouble. Shes a dead duck if she starts flirting with my boyfriend! b) A project that is doomed to failure from the start. The government decision meant that the proposed boycott of South African goods was… …

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  • 33dead loss —    Someone or something described as a dead loss is absolutely useless or a complete failure.     When it comes to gardening, my brother is a dead loss …

    English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • 34dead duck — n. a person or thing doomed to failure or disaster. □ This whole plan was a dead duck from the beginning. □ Wally is a dead duck because he flunked astronomy …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 35failure — Synonyms and related words: Grand Guignol, Passion play, Sisyphean labor, Tom show, Waterloo, also ran, antimasque, arrear, arrearage, arrears, atrocity, audience success, bad habit, bafflement, balk, ballet, bankrupt, bankruptcy, baseness,… …

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  • 36Dead duck —   If something is a dead duck, it is a failure …

    Dictionary of English idioms

  • 37Dead duck — 1. person lacking good prospects; failure; 2. something useless, or worthless, or utterly without promise …

    Dictionary of Australian slang

  • 38dead duck — Australian Slang 1. person lacking good prospects; failure; 2. something useless, or worthless, or utterly without promise …

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  • 39dead air — WikiB The time on air where there is no audible transmission. This silence can be down to any of the following: • DJ, Producer or Engineer error • Equipment error or failure • Act of God • Deliberate silence for remembrance …

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  • 40dead loss — /dɛd ˈlɒs/ (say ded los) noun Colloquial 1. a complete failure. 2. a person or thing that is totally worthless, hopeless, or inefficient …