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drop-dead

English translation: final date/deadline

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
English term or phrase:drop-dead
Selected answer:final date/deadline
Entered by: Piotr Kurek

11:08 Jun 23, 2002
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
English term or phrase: drop-dead
We still have not been told of the drop-dead date for Sound Transit to take possession of the property.
Li-chuan Yen
Local time: 07:24
final date/deadline
Explanation:
Proposal
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Piotr Kurek
Local time: 01:24
Grading comment
Thanks. All the answers are helpful.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
3 +3final date/deadline
Piotr Kurek
4of or relating to a deadline that cannot be changed
Antoinette Verburg
4the date when you are useless to me
Kim Metzger


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
final date/deadline


Explanation:
Proposal


    Reference: http://www.variety.com/body.asp?HbkId=7151289&subcat=-1&Arti...
Piotr Kurek
Local time: 01:24
PRO pts in pair: 4
Grading comment
Thanks. All the answers are helpful.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  GILLES MEUNIER
6 mins
  -> thank you
agree  Gert Vercauteren
15 mins
  -> thank you
agree  Sue Crocker
26 mins
  -> thank you
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
of or relating to a deadline that cannot be changed


Explanation:
See reference.


    Reference: http://www.bartleby.com/61/64/D0396400.html
Antoinette Verburg
Netherlands
Local time: 01:24
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
the date when you are useless to me


Explanation:
"To drop dead" is an idiomatic expression that means "go away and stop bothering me." In the business world this phrase means just what Piotr and Mirror have proposed: the final deadline. The underlying meaning is: if you don't deliver this service, product or if you don't take this action by a certain date, then you might as well consider yourself completely useless to me.

Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 17:24
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 2249
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