That is, you're dead as a person.

那就是说 你作为一个人是死的。

That word comes from Shakespeare's idiom " as dead as a doornail."

这个词来自莎士比亚的俚语“as dead as a doornail”。

The expression " as dead as a doornail" is older than William Shakespeare.

“as dead as a doornail”这种表达甚至比莎士比亚都要古老。

There was a time when the Conservative Party looked as dead as a dodo in Scotland.

曾经有一段时间，保守党在苏格兰看起来就像渡渡鸟一样早就绝迹了。

Afghan officials say at least 22 people are dead as a result of flash flooding near Kabul.

喀布尔附近发生暴雨山洪灾害，阿富汗官员表示，至少造成22人死亡。

At least one person is dead as a smoke-filled ferry continues to drift in the Adriatic Sea.

失火客轮还在大西洋中漂流，已经造成至少一人死亡。

Whichever explanation is true, " as dead as a doornail" simply means this: totally and completely dead.

无论哪种解释是正确的，“as dead as a doornail”的意思都是：完全、彻底地死了。

Old Marley was as dead as a door-nail.

老马利像门钉一样死了。

We're not going home till we've strung you up dead as a dingbat!

不把你当作装饰品吊死我们是不会回家的！

Up to as late as the 1960's, the Fore tribe consumed their dead as a funeral ritual.

直到 1960 年代，Fore 部落还在葬礼上吃死者。

Later that night, the individual is pronounced dead as a  result of the head trauma they suffered.

当晚晚些时候，该男子因头部创伤被宣布死亡。

I'm not giving in till I've strung him up over my front porch, dead as a dumpling!

我不会屈服，除非我把他吊在我的前廊上，像饺子一样死了！

You thought you were as dead as a herring two hours since, and you are all alive and talking now.

两个小时后你以为自己像鲱鱼一样死了，而现在你们都还活着，还在说话。

Treat the dead as a living, this is a view of life and death that has lived in China for thousands of years.

事死如事生，这是一种已经在中国存在了几千年的生死观。

But then if Hiccup had been a traditional Hooligan Hero, he would have been dead as a kipper several books ago.

但是，如果卡嗝是一个传统的流氓英雄，他在几本书前就已经像腌鱼一样死去了。

The expression 'dead as a dodo' refers to this bird and can be used to describe something that is completely dead or no longer working.

“dead as a dodo”说的就是这种鸟，这句话的意思是某物已经彻底死了或没用了。

Raffles stood very still, staring down at the dead, as a man might stare into an abyss after striding blindly to its brink.

莱佛士一动不动地站着， 低头凝视着死者， 就像一个人在盲目地大踏步走到深渊的边缘后凝视深渊一样。

But let's say you get to the light and pass through; this is what we call biological death – game over, the final whistle, dead as a dodo.

但是，让我们说你明白并通过了 通过;这就是我们所谓的生物死亡- 比赛结束，终场哨响，死了 渡渡鸟。

This might seem reasonable - apart from the fact that the man told his boss his dog was dead as a previous excuse for skiving off.

这似乎是合理的——除了这个人告诉他的老板他的狗死了作为先前逃跑的借口之外。

Oh, and without salt in your body the electrical signals that keep you alive would fail to transmit and you'd be dead as a door nail.

哦，如果你体内没有盐分，维持你生命的电信号将无法传输，你就会像门钉一样死去。