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Well, it is difficult to explain why a doornail is deader than anything else. One can only guess. Perhaps the beating on a doornail would surely put an end to it. One guess is no worse than another.

In any case, the expression "dead as a doornail" crossed the Atlantic ocean and settled down among Americans. And it gave birth to many other expressions. Americans use the word "dead" in endless ways.
  


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