1. The plan is a dead duck: there's no money.

2. He admitted that the whole project was a dead duck.

3. The news program was once considered a dead duck.

4. Recruiting outsiders is a dead duck for the moment; another five years of failure and the time may yet come.

5. If he's not here on time, he's a dead duck.

6. The government is a dead duck.

7. When Jane pursues a boy(), he's a dead duck.

8. As theories go, that's a dead duck.

9. Wally is a dead duck because he flunked physics.

10. If you stay here, you're a dead duck.

11. The idea of another tv channel is now a dead duck.

12. If you're caught stealing in the supermarket,[/a dead duck.html] you're a dead duck.

13. Joe will be a dead duck when his wife learns what he did.

14. He finally admitted that the legislation was a dead duck.

15. I'm a dead duck.

16. Thanks to the lack of market research, the project was a dead duck right from the start.

17. In April Harold Wilson admitted what everyone else already knew: the Bill was a dead duck.

18. Competition climbing is laughable in this country, and is probably a dead duck anyway.

19. Whether voters are bored, confused or scared of losing popular services, it seems to be a dead duck.

20. For the next few years at least , the fourth channel is a dead duck.

21. West is in with the queen, but he's also a dead duck.

22. After women obtained the right to vote, the suffragette movement became a dead duck in Britain.

23. He tried to speak, lifted a hand, and let it drop like a dead duck.