a scale of one to dead
A way to rate how bad a situation is. One is a little bad. Dead means it's so bad you're probably gonna die. You use it when everything has already gone wrong and you're just trying to make it through.
My mom’s perfume was a dead.
My crush’s voice was a 2 on the scale of one to dead.
My dog's behavior was a 6 on the scale of one to dead.