如果一個項目、計劃或生意被描述為 “be dead in the water”,意思就是 “敗局已定,無望成功”。
Our plans to find funds to build a new swimming pool are dead in the water.
我們籌資建造新游泳池的計劃泡湯了。
Now the airport has closed down, our car-hire business is dead in the water.
現(xiàn)在機場關(guān)閉了,我們的汽車租賃生意也就完了。
This project is dead in the water – nobody wants to sponsor it.
這個項目沒有成功的希望了,因為沒人愿意資助它。