Dead ringer
O que significa "Dead ringer"?
It began with horse racing. Substituting like horses in a race. They substituted names, pedigrees for the exact duplicates. The hosre double would be called 'a ringer'.
A person or thing that bears a strong resemblance to someone or something else, or is an exact counterpart. As a son is often, a dead ringer for his dad, his father.
It may also refer to the sound of someone's voice and not just their appearance, both in person, or on a phone. If you are imitating a person, you may be a dead ringer for them.
Dead ringers is also a Horseshoes game term. Ringer is another term as well in the game.
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"Dead ringer" em letras
Yes and your rich old man
You know he'd call her a dead ringer
You got the same command
Meat Loaf - Dead Ringer for Love
I don't know who you are
But you're a real dead ringer for love
You're a real dead ringer for love
You'll be hungry like the wolves hunting dinner dinner
And we're moving with the packs like hyena ena
Barbarella look like she's my dead ringer
When I'm dogging on the bonnet of your red Honda
I want a woman
Who can really love me, yeah
Dead ringer of a woman
(She’s a humdinger
Folk singer
Dead ringer
For a thing-a-muh jigger)
Bloodhound Gang - Lift Your Head Up High (And Blow Your Brains Out)
Does your girlfriend look like the chick from ′M.A.S.H.′?
Dead ringer for Klinger with a thicker mustache?
When you're at a get-together does everybody always ask
I can't go no place without somebody pointin' a finger
I can't show my face cause when it comes to rumors I'm a dead ringer
It seems from rumors I just can't get away
The Swan Princess (OST) - No More Mr. Nice Guy
I don't get mad, I get even
Odette can't get to the ball 'cause I won't bring her
So I'll zap up a date who's a real dead ringer
Pretty Woman: The Musical - Never Give Up On a Dream
(sung)
I always wanted to be a singer
People told me I was a dead ringer
For Marvin Gaye, and one of these days
Bryan Adams - Never Give Up on a Dream
You always wanted to be a singer
People told you, you was a dead ringer
For Marvin Gaye and one of these days
With a license from the man in the sky
Billy the Kid was a gunslinger
Edgar Wallace was a dead ringer
Me, I'm just a rock'n'roll singer
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** vond alleen 'dead ringer' via wikipedia
*** het hele couplet is nogal duister...
So have you ever wondered where were the demons they told us of?
Be patient, they're coming, shortly revealed to you
And I do think you'll find a dead-ringer
Much still hides you curious minds
Chiodos - We're Talking About Practice
Turn off the lights, and turn me on
She is a dead ringer, for all of these dead singers
Advocate the devil in me
Bet you're a dead ringer
Bet you're a dead ringer
Bet you're a dead ringer
Bet you're a conkeroonee stringer
I never claimed to be something more than me,
Your standards, I refuse to see,
I will answer only to myself,
So why don't you police someone else
Another was wearing those shoes you bought
Your voice made my cilia ring
Radiating out of the throat of a dead ringer
Singing on the corner for some change
August Burns Red - King of Sorrow
I'll be your guide, now please just rest your head
I am the dead ringer
If it bleeds then it leads