Be dead in the water:
If something is dead in the water, it has failed and it seems impossible that it will be successful in the future.
如果一个项目、计划或生意被描述为 “be dead in the water”，意思就是 “败局已定，无望成功”。
例句
Our plans to find funds to build a new swimming pool are dead in the water.
我们筹资建造新游泳池的计划泡汤了。
Now the airport has closed down, our car-hire business is dead in the water.
现在机场关闭了，我们的汽车租赁生意也就完了。
This project is dead in the water – nobody wants to sponsor it.
这个项目没有成功的希望了，因为没人愿意资助它。
