dead tired
Very tired; exhausted; worn out.
She was dead tired at the end of the day's work.
dead to rights
Without a chance of escaping blame; proven wrong.
Mother had Bob dead to rights, because she caught him with his hand in the cookie jar.
The police caught the man dead to rights.
dead to the world
Fast asleep.
Tim went to bed very late and was still dead to the world at 10 o'clock this morning.
As if dead; unconscious.
Tom was hit on the head by a baseball and was dead to the world for two hours.
dead wood
Люди или вещи, которые больше не являются нужными или полезными.
The new manager wants to reduce costs by cutting out the dead wood.
Новое руководство хочет сократить расходы, избавившись от никчемных людей.
dead-end
A street closed at one end; a situation that leads nowhere.
Jim drove into a dead-end street and had to back out.
Mary was in a dead-end job.
To not continue normally but end in a closure (said of streets).
Our street dead-ends on the lake.
deadbeat
A person who never pays his debts and who has a way of getting things free that others have to pay for.
You'll never collect from Joe - he's a deadbeat.
deadhead
An excessively dull or boring person.
You'll never get John to tell a joke - he's a deadhead.
deadline
A final date by which a project, such as a term paper, is due.
The deadline for the papers on Shakespeare is November 10.