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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread door nail #107374 07/11/03 03:25 PM Joined: May 2000 Posts: 24 B beanie OP stranger OP beanie stranger B Joined: May 2000 Posts: 24 Does anyone know the origin of the phrase "dead as a door nail"? I've heard it all my life, and used it myself. But I examined the nails in my door, and they appear no more dead -- or alive -- then the nails in my wall or in my floor. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted door nail beanie 07/11/03 03:25 PM Re: door nail Buffalo Shrdlu 07/11/03 03:31 PM Re: door nail consuelo 07/11/03 09:25 PM Re: door nail maverick 07/11/03 09:40 PM Re: door nail Jackie 07/11/03 10:26 PM Re: door nail wwh 07/12/03 12:09 AM Re: door nail Alex Williams 07/12/03 03:36 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,374 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 197 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 28 A C Bowden 26 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,562 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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