dead man walking
01
someone who is prone to lose something that is of great value or importance to them, such as their position, job, title, etc.
Disapproving
Idiom
Informal
أمثلة
He was accused of sexual harassment, and after the investigation, he became a dead man walking at the university.
02
a prisoner who is sentenced to death and is about to be executed
Dialect
American
American
Idiomأمثلة
As he walked the final steps from his cell to the execution chamber, the condemned man knew he was a dead man walking, resigned to the inevitable end awaiting him.
