lay-down misère

plural lay-down misères

1. AustraliaslanguncountableusuallyAn absolute certainty.

   For example, the 1972 Whitlam election was a lay down misere. From day one of that campaign, the result was never in doubt.

   2000, Geoff Stokes, Ian Ward, Michael Leach (editors), The Rise and Fall of One Nation, page 197

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   Just as there is no lay-dawn misère in country passenger services, I have to say that there is no lay-down misère in metropolitan passenger services.

   1980, Victoria Parliament, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), Volume 353, page 1606

   Erin means Ireland where that stinkin' lawyer's in gaol and you can bet your life he's set that up and pissed off with all the funds. So it's a lay-down misère that's not worth the paper it's printed on.

   1991, Robert G. Barrett, Between the Devlin and the Deep Blue Seas

   To live in Australia is to be familiar with most of these arguments, which usually are advanced as if there is no possible refutation. In reality, few are lay down miseres, and I will present them together with the more obvious lines of response.

   2006, Australia, Parliament, Department of the Senate, Democratic Experiments, Lectures in the Senate Occasional Lecture Series, 2004-2005, page 137

2. uncountableusuallySynonym of misère ouvert.

   Synonyms: misère ouvert