Dead as a mackerel Home The Lexicon Dead as a mackerel Thumbnail Phrase or WordDead as a mackerelDefinitionUtterly and irreversibly dead, sometimes humorously.LanguageEnglishTypeFaunamorphSubcategorySwimmies and Other Aquatic LifeGrammatical SubcategorySayings/Similes/Aphorisms/Proverbs Previous item“Fish gotta swim, birds gotta fly, I gotta love one man till I die” Next itemLike a trained seal
