as dead as a dodo
Utterly beyond revival
Completely extinct, obsolete, or defunct.
The dodo was a flightless bird hunted to extinction in the 17th century, making it the standard metaphor for utter deadness.
The phrase applies to ideas, technologies, or practices that have no remaining life: Rotary phones are as dead as a dodo.
Sometimes shortened to dead as a dodo.
Complete vanishing of a species
- vanishedDisappeared from sight
- disappearedCeased to exist visibly
- lostUnable to navigate
- wiped outUtterly without remaining energy
extirpated · eradicated · annihilated · perished · died out · no more · extinguished · defunct
No longer in use
- outmodedNo longer in fashion
- antiquatedOld and outdated
- archaicBelonging to earlier times
- bygoneOf earlier times
anachronistic · old-fashioned · superannuated · passé · dated · defunct · relic · forgotten
- beyond recallUnable to be recovered
- permanentFixed without end
- irrevocableCannot be undone
- irretrievableImpossible to regain
irrecoverable · final · unchangeable · point of no return · ship has sailed · past saving · too late · beyond repair
extinction
Complete vanishing of a species
- vanishedDisappeared from sight
- disappearedCeased to exist visibly
- lostUnable to navigate
wiped out · extirpated · eradicated · annihilated · perished · died out · no more · extinguished · defunct · demise
outdated
No longer in use
- outmodedNo longer in fashion
- antiquatedOld and outdated
- archaicBelonging to earlier times
bygone · anachronistic · old-fashioned · superannuated · passé · dated · defunct · relic · forgotten · disused
gone for good
- beyond recallUnable to be recovered
- permanentFixed without end
- irrevocableCannot be undone
irretrievable · irrecoverable · final · unchangeable · point of no return · ship has sailed · past saving · too late · beyond repair · sealed fate
as dead as a dodoalive and kicking
Healthy and active
alive and well · thriving · flourishing · hale and hearty · in the pink
as dead as a dodocutting-edge
At innovation's forefront
state-of-the-art · all the rage · in vogue · trendy · fashionable
as dead as a dodoin full swing
At peak activity
booming · buzzing · firing on all cylinders · up and running · active
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