phrasal
1. : incapable of being effective : stalled
peace talks were dead in the water
2. : as good as dead : doomed
most books are dead in the water long before their publication date — Phillip Lopate
phrasal
1. : incapable of being effective : stalled
peace talks were dead in the water
2. : as good as dead : doomed
most books are dead in the water long before their publication date — Phillip Lopate
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012