This cute little door-mouse is as dead as a doornail.

这个可爱的小老鼠像门钉一样牢固。

It lie there with its eyes closed, dead as a doornail.

它躺在那里眼睛闭着，确实死了。

All the television pundits said I was dead as a doornail.

所有的电视评论员都说我“必死无疑”。

For God sake, I'm gonna be as dead as a doornail in five days.

算啦，我五天后就死翘翘了。

Without him, we would never eat our flesh and blood out of house and home. We would have to say good riddance to the green-eyed monster and breaking the ice would be as dead as a doornail.

莎士比亚知道引人注目的话语和饼干一样有吸引力，没有他我们从不会吃肉喝血，不会倾家荡产，我们不得不说可喜的摆脱了绿眼怪，打破僵局将会是一命呜呼。