If they found out that he could forget, he'd be a dead duck.
If anyone finds me in here I am a dead duck and no nonsense about it.
They think I'm a dead duck but it's not been a time you could write off.
They told him that "it was a dead duck" in terms of a mass audience.
A year after its opening, it showed every sign of being a dead duck.
"You see the owner but she's not over the fireplace like a dead duck."
If I gave it more than another five minutes on board this rig they'd have a dead duck.
But if Time gets hold of the truth, we're dead ducks.
I'd not only have been a dead duck, but a roasted one too, hours ago.
"But one more fast move and you're a dead duck."