English / idiom
Dead in the Water
MEANING IN ENGLISH
Completely unable to function, progress, or succeed; stalled with no hope of recovery.
In context
01
Without government funding, their startup proposal is completely dead in the water.
02
He worried that constantly comparing his career to his peers' would leave his creative projects dead in the water.
Synonyms
doomed,stalled,hopeless
Antonyms
thriving,in full swing,progressing
Collocations
completely dead in the water,proposal dead in the water,plan is dead in the water