Posted on February 4, 2011October 19, 2016 by Idioms Poster — Leave a commentDead as a pancake A mixture of: “Dead as a doornail” and “Flat as a pancake”. Heard at The BBC during a gadget demonstration. Post navigationPrevious post: The end of the strawNext post: You can’t pull the wool over my ears Leave a Reply Cancel replyYou must be logged in to post a comment.