English Explanatory Dictionary

dead as Hector

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Unquestionably dead.

Word forms

dead as Hector

Etymology

Referencing the story of Hector, a Trojan hero in Greek mythology and a character in Homer's Iliad, who leads the Trojans and their allies in the defense of Troy, and is ultimately killed in single combat by Achilles, who later drags his dead body around the city of Troy behind his chariot.

Synonyms

dead as a doornail asleep at rest blessed cadaverous clay-cold deceased resting decomposed defunct departed expired extinct fey gone good inanimate inert kaput killed late lifeless living impaired low no longer with us no more perished reposing six feet deep six feet under stiff unalive unalived wasted whilom with God

Related words

since Hector was a pup
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