kirn2022-09-10 18:16:51

"The deal is as dead as a dodo."

Dodo is the other most famous and documented species that has extincted besides dynasours.

If something is said to be as dead a dodo, it is not working, obsolete, or unavailable. It refers to the flightless and now extinct bird that was taken by sailors to their ship and kept alive for fresh meat. The Portuguese named the birds doudo, meaning stupid. Dodos were caught and eaten into extinction during the 17th Century. Thereafter, the phrase passed into the English language.

Dodo got it's fame largely due to the sorry told by 'Alice in the Wonderland".

 

 

 

前川2022-09-10 18:25:32
Very good. Question: should we revive the extinct species?
前川2022-09-10 18:28:39
such as the Dodo, Mammoth...
kirn2022-09-10 18:30:26
With human being, there are two schools of thinking
前川2022-09-10 18:44:53
Yes. I'd like to see a live mammoth. It says that some scien
前川2022-09-10 18:45:28
scientists are working on it.
妖妖灵2022-09-10 19:04:09
中文:绝不可能?Learned dodo. Interesting. Typo:beside dynasours?
kirn2022-09-10 19:11:13
Good catch! I deleted a double the, and corrected besides:))
天边一片白云2022-09-10 22:54:28
very interesting one.
移花接木2022-09-10 22:58:04
我原以为渡渡鸟与恐龙一起灭绝了,原来才灭绝几百年
jianchi90902022-09-11 01:25:34
这个真好。我觉得不用复活,地球会找到自己的平衡。 世界上每天都有灭绝也有进化。
盈盈一笑间2022-09-11 20:32:54
渡渡鸟
梅雨潭2022-09-12 03:23:43
恭喜小k。首页进来,谢谢网管,[One idiom] As dead as a dodo 推荐成功
kirn2022-09-12 17:37:21
谢谢谭主!好像里面还有文法错误。。下次俺灌水一定抱着严谨认真的态度!