dead on arrival

idiom

: having died before getting to a hospital, emergency room, etc.

The victim was dead on arrival at the hospital.

—often used figuratively

Some are saying that any new tax proposal would be dead on arrival.

Examples of dead on arrival in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But Democratic leaders in the Senate have made clear that the plan to pair the voting legislation with a stopgap measure is dead on arrival in the upper chamber, and the White House has issued a veto threat. —Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 11 Sep. 2024

Eight-part unscripted Quibi series executive produced by Candace Cameron Bure that was dead on arrival 17. —Vulture Staff, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2024

But the group’s plan was dead on arrival on Venezuelan shores, where they were outgunned and quickly rounded up by the military. —Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 31 July 2024

So their initiatives coming from Biden will be dead on arrival in the Senate. —CBS News, 28 July 2024