（10） Dead and buried：成为过去的　Dont raise that unpleasant issue again. Its all dead and buried now.

　　（11） A dead end：死胡同　Dont enter there! Its a dead end leading to nowhere.

　　（12） A dead silence：沉寂无声　When the guest of honour arrived, there was a dead silence in the auditorium.

　　（13） Flog a dead horse：白费气力　The computer programmer is teaching some old people how to use the computers, but it is like flogging the dead horse, as no one can follow the instructions properly.

　　（14） Make a dead set at：猛烈攻击　What problem exists between the two colleagues, who have just made a dead set at each other?

　　（15） Reach a dead end：完全停止　Quarrels arose from the closed-door meeting, which was forced to reach a dead end.

　　（16） More dead than alive：身体情况非常疲弱　When the fishermen were rescued from the stormy sea, they looked more dead than alive.

　　（17） A dead loss：完全无用的　The free gift looked good, but it turned out to be a dead loss.

　　（18） Dead wood：无用之人或物　The problem with some companies is that they have kept too much dead wood there.

　　There is quite a lot of dead wood in your thesis; you had better remove it.

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