deadpan
With an expressionless or emotionless face; without betraying any hint of emotion.
She received the news of her husband's death deadpan.
drop dead
To go away or be quiet; stop bothering someone. Usually used as a command.
"Drop dead!" Bill told his little sister when she kept begging to help him build his model airplane.
When Sally bumped into Kate's desk and spilled ink for the fifth time, Kate told her to drop dead.
giveaway
dead giveaway
An open secret. Stress on give.
By mid-afternoon, it was a dead giveaway who the new boss would be.
A forced or sacrifice sale at which items are sold for much less than their market value.
The Simpson's garage sale was actually a big giveaway.
A gift; something one doesn't have to pay for.
The tickets to the concert were a giveaway.
like kicking dead whales down the beach
Бесполезное или мало эффективное дело<
Getting him to adopt the new method is like kicking dead whales down the beach.
Почти безнадежно заставить его применять новый метод.
over one's dead body
Not having the ability to stop something undesirable from taking place.
"You will get married at age sixteen over my dead body!" Jane's father cried.
stone-broke
dead broke
flat broke
Having no money; penniless.
Jill wanted to go to the movies but she was stone-broke.
The man gambled and was soon flat broke.
stone-dead
Showing no signs of life; completely dead.
Barry tried to revive the frozen robin but it was stone-dead.
stop cold
stop dead
stop in one's tracks
To stop very quickly or with great force.
The hunter pulled the trigger and stopped the deer cold.
When I saw Mary on the street, I was so surprised I stopped dead.
The deer heard a noise and he stopped in his tracks.