Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom: 'A dead duck'. MCQ with Answer and Explanation

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Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom: 'A dead duck'.

A. A cooked meal

B. A dead bird

C. A hopeless failure

D. A sick person

Answer: Option C

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It refers to something or someone that is doomed or has no chance of success.

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