It was around long before Shakespeare was writing his plays and sonnets. The bard did, however, have a hand in making the phrase popular. Look on me well: I have eat no meat these five days; yet, come thou and thy five men, and if I do not leave you all as dead as a doornail, I pray God I may never eat grass more. Like many other phrases used by Shakespeare, after the phrase was said onstage its popularity took off. That was a very cool and revealing article. I must admit, I have never been much of a reader unless it was something I was truly interested in.
I have always loved science and the medical field with medical field used loosely because there is so many medical professions that require study in that particular setting. I am a retired Critical Care Paramedic. I retired from EMS in March My retirement was not by choice but due to recouring shoulder issues from 25 years of heavy lifting.
I want to give kudos to the author and the research it required. Do you need a little more help seeing how this idiom is used in everyday English? Not to worry! Enjoy these simple sentence examples you can work into your everyday speech.
As we were driving, we saw a possum as dead as a doornail on the side of the road. That horse is dead as a doornail. We should have someone remove it from the barn. Learn more about fun idioms by checking out idioms about money. Additionally, idioms about food are deliciously appealing. All rights reserved. Workers hit the nails into doors and the sharp end came out the other side.
The worker then flattened the sharp metal with a hammer to make each nail secure. Do you have a question about grammar, word meanings, pronunciation or something else?
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