dead from the neck up
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The firearms manufacturers," he wrote, "have been dead from the neck up for about 40 years.
From Time Magazine Archive
Honest, the first line I got on this party with the steady gray eyes and the poker face was that he must be dead from the neck up.
From Torchy As A Pa by Sewell Ford
He's pretty well dead from the neck up, as far as I can see.
From Piccadilly Jim by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
A good fellow, but in matters requiring intellect and swift thought dead from the neck up.
From Piccadilly Jim by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
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