Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
drop-dead
English answer:
final date/deadline
Added to glossary by
Piotr Kurek
Jun 23, 2002 11:08
21 yrs ago
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English term
drop-dead
Non-PRO
English
Other
We still have not been told of the drop-dead date for Sound Transit to take possession of the property.
Responses
+3
4 mins
Piotr Kurek
Absolutely professional services
Works in: English to Polish, Polish to English, English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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4
Selected
final date/deadline
Proposal
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks. All the answers are helpful."
5 mins
Antoinette Verburg
Netherlands
Netherlands
Netherlands
2 MA degrees and 32 years of experience
Native in: Dutch 
Works in: English to Dutch, Dutch
of or relating to a deadline that cannot be changed
See reference.
Reference:
1 hr
Kim Metzger
Mexico
Mexico
Native in English
&
English
Mexico
Committed to Quality and Service
Native in: English (Variant: US)
Works in: German to English
Related KudoZ points
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2249
the date when you are useless to me
"To drop dead" is an idiomatic expression that means "go away and stop bothering me." In the business world this phrase means just what Piotr and Mirror have proposed: the final deadline. The underlying meaning is: if you don't deliver this service, product or if you don't take this action by a certain date, then you might as well consider yourself completely useless to me.
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