dead man walking (English, noun)
expansion: dead man walking (plural dead men walking)
Senses:
glosses: A condemned prisoner walking to a death chamber or other place of execution.
glosses: Someone who is soon to die.
glosses: Someone who is about to face an unavoidable loss (though the person may not realize it).
tags: figuratively
topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: A multivortex tornado typically appearing in the form of a human figure walking.
tags: slang
Forms:
form: dead men walking
tags: plural