dead man walking
01
så gott som körd, dagarna är räknade
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
Exempel
The scandal has been leaked to the press, and now the politician is a dead man walking.
När styrelsen tappade förtroendet för honom var hans dagar räknade.
02
dödsdömd, fånge inför avrättningen
a prisoner who is sentenced to death and is about to be executed
Dialect
American
American
idiom
Exempel
The explorer, lost in the wilderness for days, had felt like a dead man walking until he was finally rescued.
Efter att det sista överklagandet avslagits visste alla att han var dödsdömd.
