A fork of Rural Dictionary
Popular Brit affirmation - a form of no-bullshit total agreement.
"That fart stinks! Were you out on the beer and curry last night, mate?' "Dead Right, mate"
A term for motorcyclists who are killed because they put themselves in a dangerous situation even though they were legally not at fault/in the right. Used in the argument between victim blaming and defensive driving.
That guy ended up dead right. He was driving in that cars blind spot and they merged into him.
When you know your wife is wrong and you're right and you argue your point and win. But did you really win?
Friend: "Hey, you look tired today. What's up?" Me: "Wife was wrong about something and we argued about it. I won." Friend: "Why's that got you lookin' so rough?" Me: "I was Dead Right and slept on the couch."
To be caught red-handed, in the very act of committing a crime or error. It implies that there is no possible way for a person to explain away their mistake or crime.
We've got the Congressman dead to rights on accepting bribes, there's no excuse he can make.
with no possibility of escape or evasion
They caught him dead to rights when he broke in at night.
Calling someone out for something
"John got Aaron dead to rights on Rhonda being chunky"