- another nail in coffin
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Универсальный англо-русский словарь. Академик.ру. 2011.
another nail in coffin
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another nail in your coffin — another cigarette; harmful substance Every cigarette he smoked was another nail in his coffin … English idioms
another nail in one's coffin — noun One in a series of factors which lead, or purport to lead, to downfall. Following the divorce and the lawsuit, bankruptcy is just another nail in his coffin … Wiktionary
another nail in the coffin — an event which causes the failure of something that had already started to fail. I think that argument was the final nail in the coffin of our friendship. (usually + of) … New idioms dictionary
Another nail in the coffin — smb. is smoking another cigarette … Dictionary of Australian slang
another nail in the coffin — Australian Slang smb. is smoking another cigarette … English dialects glossary
nail — nail1 S3 [neıl] n [: Old English; Origin: nAgl] 1.) a thin pointed piece of metal with a flat top, which you hit into a surface with a hammer, for example to join things together or to hang something on ▪ The key was hanging on a nail by the door … Dictionary of contemporary English
nail — nailless, adj. naillike, adj. /nayl/, n. 1. a slender, typically rod shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and… … Universalium
nail in the coffin of something — (a) nail in the coffin of (something) an action that will cause something to end. This report on the effects of smoking is another nail in the coffin of the tobacco industry. We thought the firings would put the final nail in the union s coffin,… … New idioms dictionary
nail in the coffin of — (a) nail in the coffin of (something) an action that will cause something to end. This report on the effects of smoking is another nail in the coffin of the tobacco industry. We thought the firings would put the final nail in the union s coffin,… … New idioms dictionary
nail in someone's or something's coffin — idi nail in someone s or something s coffin, something that hastens the demise or failure of a person or thing: Every moment s delay is another nail in his coffin[/ex] … From formal English to slang
coffin-nail — 1. Cigarette. 2. Another nail in one s coffin Yet another error … A concise dictionary of English slang
