dead donkey
dead donkey · dead donkeys
A rarityA rarity.
» A dead donkey fears no wolves.
Мёртвый ишак волков не боится.
Meaning
3 sensesA rarity.
A news item of no real significance, usually of whimsical or sentimental nature, placed at the end of a news bulletin or in a newspaper as filler. A dead donkey can often be removed from the programme or publication if a more significant story needs extra time or space.
Something useless on which time or effort is wasted.
Examples
1 sentencesA dead donkey fears no wolves.
ruМёртвый ишак волков не боится. — svetico
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
From the saying that no one ever sees a dead donkey, hence a rarity. This then became a stFrom the saying that no one ever sees a dead donkey, hence a rarity. This then became a stock example of a slow-news-day story, which was popularized by the title of the British sitcom Drop the Dead Donkey.
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Forms
plural: dead donkeys| Singular | dead donkey |
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