Why Are Doornails Dead?
Door Nails Were Long Used to Strengthen the Door. the Person Building or Installing the Door Would Hammer the Nail All the Way Through the Boards. .. . Thus...
Door nails were long used to strengthen the door. The person building or installing the door would hammer the nail all the way through the boards. ... Thus, the bent nail was commonly called “dead” (not just to do with doors, but elsewhere where the nail was bent over and couldn't be used again.)
Why do they say dead as a doornail?
Dead as a doornail is a phrase which means not alive, unequivocally deceased. ... It is thought that the phrase dead as a doornail comes from the manner of securing doornails that were hammered into a door by clenching them.
What does dead as a dormouse mean?
adj. a no longer alive. b (as n.) the dead. 2 not endowed with life; inanimate.
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