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According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the earliest appearance of the phrase dead as a doornail appears in William Langland's 14th century religious allegorical poem, Piers Plowman. The relevant line in the original poem stated, Fey withouten fait is febelore Ã¾en nouÈt, And ded as a dore-nayl..
Report Abuse. The phrase is 'Live fast, die young and leave a good-looking corpse'. It was a line spoken by actor John Derek in the 1949 film 'Knock on Any Door'. The screenplay was by John Monks Jr and it was based on the 1947 critically acclaimed first novel of the same name by African-American writer Willard Motley (1909-1965).