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What does dead as a dumpling mean

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It means that you are very dead. It's an expression used to describe something when you are absolutely positive that it is not living.
User Erich Kitzmueller
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It means the same thing as "dead as a doornail" completely dead. Dumplings aren't alive so they are "dead". So "dead as a dumpling" means to be completely dead, not alive in the slightest. 
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