nail in one's coffin
1nail in one's coffin — Action or event likely to impair one s reputation or success …
2nail in one's coffin — phrasal : something regarded as likely to shorten one s life …
3drive a nail in one's coffin — To do something tending to hasten death or ruin • • • Main Entry: ↑coffin …
4another 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 …
5drive a nail in one's coffin — do something that hastens one s death …
6coffin — (n.) early 14c., chest or box for valuables, from O.Fr. cofin sarcophagus, earlier basket, coffer (12c., Mod.Fr. coffin), from L. cophinus basket, hamper (Cf. It. cafano, Sp. cuebano basket ), from Gk. kophinos a basket, of uncertain origin.… …
7coffin-nail — 1. Cigarette. 2. Another nail in one s coffin Yet another error …
8nail — [[t]ne͟ɪl[/t]] nails, nailing, nailed 1) N COUNT A nail is a thin piece of metal with one pointed end and one flat end. You hit the flat end with a hammer in order to push the nail into something such as a wall. A mirror hung on a nail above the… …
9One O'Clock Lab Band — Poster: 2009 Performance in New York Background information Genres Jazz, Big band …
10nail — 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… …
