1. I might have been inclined, myself, to regard a coffin nail as the deadest piece of ironmongery in the trade.
我个人认为，棺材钉才是五金制品中钉得最死的东西。
2. And then came the deadest hour of the night and nothing stirred but mice in the house of the giants.
到了夜阑人静的时刻，在这座巨人的屋子里，除了老鼠，什么动静也没有。