stone dead

English

Alternative forms

stone-dead

Adjective

(idiomatic) Utterly dead.
- 1969, Monty Python, "Monty Python’s Flying Circus" (Dead Parrot sketch)
  [Owner]: No no he's not dead, he's, he's restin'! Remarkable bird, the Norwegian Blue, idn'it, ay? Beautiful plumage!
  
  [Mr. Praline]: The plumage don't enter into it. It's stone dead.

Translations

unquestionably dead

Danish: stendød
Dutch: morsdood (nl)
German: mausetot (de)
Icelandic: steindauður m

Irish: chomh marbh le hart
Russian: мертвее мёртвого (mertveje mjórtvovo)
Swedish: stendöd (sv)

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