Dead man walking 

An employee who is certain to be fired in the near future.

I pay no attention to my boss anymore; he's a dead man walking.

Dead man walking by hot-sauce October 27, 2006

Dead man walking 

An exclamation warning people in prison that an inmate who is on death row is walking by and caution should be taken since they wouldn't hesitate to kill someone, seeing as they are already dead.

Guard: Dead man walking!
Inmate: AHH! Where is my teddy?!?!!1!

Dead man walking by Ryan Timothy January 28, 2009

Dead man walking 

An employee who is certain to be fired in the near future.

I pay no attention to my boss anymore; he's a dead man walking.

Dead man walking by hot-sauce October 31, 2006

Dead man walking 

A person who's in the military and will die in combat sooner or later.

I'm just a Dead man walking.

Dead man walking by Cloud FF7 December 16, 2016

Dead man walking 

An employee who has given two weeks notice and is liable to cause all sorts of trouble for the business.

"Johnny is supposed to work tonight but he's a dead man walking so who knows. If he does show watch him like a hawk, and make sure he's not poaching our staff.

Dead man walking by Andytait88 February 16, 2017

dead man walking 

In poker - when a player is drawing dead and has no chance of winning the hand.

Even though Rex had quad Aces on the turn, Randy had drawn a Royal Flush, so Rex was a dead man walking.

dead man walking by Catch63 November 22, 2006

dead man walking 

a person who has seen & experienced many harsh things & situations, causing them to be resilient & appear emotionally numb, anhedonic, & expressionless, resembling someone who is dead

also used to described a person who has faced death but refuses to die

yo have you seen thomas after that car accident happened he’s like a dead man walking

my doctor told my family i wasn't supposed to wake up from my coma, im a dead man walking

dead man walking by johnblay7756 May 31, 2023