dead in the water

Adjective

not-comparable figuratively idiomatic

(nautical) Stationary with respect to the current, having no means of propulsion. / (idiomatic, figuratively) Doomed; unable to succeed.

Japanese Meaning

（航海用語で）流れに対して静止しており、推進力がなく動かない状態 / （慣用表現で）行き詰まり、成功が見込めず、失敗が決定的な状態

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By midnight the fishing boat lay dead in the water after its engine failed.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

真夜中までに、その漁船はエンジンが故障して動力を失い、潮流に対して停止していた。

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Sense（1）

(nautical) Stationary with respect to the current, having no means of propulsion.

Unaware of her compatriots' fate, Aaron Ward found herself staring down the gun barrels of Kirishima, a fight that did not end well for the destroyer, which was soon dead in the water.

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Sense（2）

(idiomatic, figuratively) Doomed; unable to succeed.

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