final nail in the coffin Idiom, Proverb

another nail in your coffin

"another cigarette; harmful substance" Every cigarette he smoked was another nail in his coffin.

nail in your coffin

(See another nail in your coffin)

coffin dodger

derogatory term for an elderly person

coffin nail

a cigarette

another nail in one's or sth's coffin

Idiom(s): (another) nail in one's or sth's coffin

Theme: DOOM

something that will harm or destroy someone or something.
• Every word of criticism that Mary said about her boss was a nail in her coffin.
• Losing the export order was the final nail in the company's coffin.

Nail in the coffin

A nail in someone or something's coffin is a problem or event that is a clear step towards an inevitable failure.

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n., slang A cigarette. "I stopped smoking," Algernon said. "In fact, I haven't had a coffin nail in well over a year."

nail in one's coffin

nail in one's coffin
Something that might hasten or contribute to one's death, as in Every cigarette you smoke is another nail in your coffin. This expression, alluding to fastening down a coffin lid, is today almost always used for a harmful habit such as tobacco use (giving rise to the slang term coffin nail for a cigar or cigarette). The idea was first expressed in an ode by Pindar (the pseudonym of John Wolcot) in 1792: “Care to our coffin adds a nail, no doubt.”

final attach in the coffin

An event, decision, action, etc., that seals, confirms, or ultimately leads to the abortion of a bearings or accident that has already amorphous to fail. The candidate's awkward comments against the lower chic were the final attach in the casket of an already foundering campaign.Learn more: coffin, final, nail

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