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Dead duck

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  1. 1
    One who is in serious danger or trouble. idiomatic

    "She's a dead duck if she starts flirting with my boyfriend!"

  2. 2
    something doomed to failure wordnet
  3. 3
    A project that is doomed to failure from the start. idiomatic

    "The government decision meant that the proposed boycott of South African goods was a dead duck."

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