| 单词 | nail in somebody's/something's coffin |
| 释义 | nail in somebody's/something's coffinnail in somebody's/something's coffin DESTROYone of several bad things which help to destroy someone’s success or hopes 导致某人/某事物失败的因素 Observers fear that this strike will be another nail in the coffin of the industry. 观察家担心这次罢工将是对该行业的又一次致命打击。 the final nail in his coffin 他的催命符 Examples from the Corpus nail in somebody’s/something’s coffin• Another loss would be another nail in Branfoots managerial coffin.• Industry observers fear that this would be another nail in the coffin of the independent record industry.• It is another nail in the coffin of deterrence even if the first generation of cruise will be slow for such a role.• Was not the film's very name, Last Resort, another nail in Margate's coffin?• A final nail in the coffin had been hammered in by Wrede.• For me this was the final nail in the coffin of a terminally dull product.• It also is one more nail in the coffin of formal decor.• In the end, it was also the issue which secured a vital nail in the coffin of Britain's nuclear dream. → nail in somebody’s/something’s coffin at nail1(1) |
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