you know the term your dead wrong: if your dead how could you be wrong and if your wrong how could you be dead....explain?
2006-08-16 15:42:00 · 8 answers · asked by General 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
An example of dead wrong would be this: a car approaches the railroad tracks just as the lights and bells go off. The driver doesn't want to wait for the train to go past and he is sure that he can get around the barriers quickly before the train comes so he tries to drive across the tracks but he has miscalculated the speed of the train. The train hit his car, killing him. Not only was he wrong about ignoring the warning not to cross - he was dead wrong!
2006-08-16 21:37:56 · answer #1 · answered by runningviolin 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have no idea how you could be dead and wrong cuz your dead. And I dont know how you could be dead if your wrong. one to think about I guess
2006-08-16 22:49:10 · answer #2 · answered by raechelblueeyes 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It has nothing to do with being physically "dead." It's the same idea as when you're saying you're "dead on." The "dead" means "straight" or "completely" in this case.
2006-08-16 22:48:30 · answer #3 · answered by SomeoneUdunno 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well... if you cut the wrong wire on the bomb as the timer is running down, you are not only wrong, you are dead wrong.
2006-08-16 23:03:26 · answer #4 · answered by Dusty 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
dead can also mean exactly or definitely because death is something that is definite in a tangible sense, therefore if you're dead wrong then you're DEFINITELY WRONG!
2006-08-16 23:16:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I see your point. It sounds like a harsh penalty for being wrong.Extreme Jeopardy
2006-08-17 23:18:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
:) i like how you think... now to think like the people that use it... consider people working on the bomb squad... they have to be right, or everyone's dead
2006-08-16 22:49:49 · answer #7 · answered by Jacqulyn 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
SomeoneUdunno has the best answer so far.
2006-08-16 23:12:47 · answer #8 · answered by yahoohoo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋