another nail in one's coffin
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coffin-nail — 1. Cigarette. 2. Another nail in one s coffin Yet another error … A concise dictionary of English slang
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 — 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
One O'Clock Lab Band — Poster: 2009 Performance in New York Background information Genres Jazz, Big band … Wikipedia
nail — nail1 [ neıl ] noun count ** 1. ) a thin pointed piece of metal that you use to attach one thing to another by hitting it with a hammer 2. ) the smooth hard part that grows over the ends of your fingers and toes: to cut/file your nails I ve told… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
nail — I UK [neɪl] / US noun [countable] Word forms nail : singular nail plural nails ** 1) a thin pointed piece of metal that you use to fix one thing to another by hitting it with a hammer 2) the smooth hard part that grows over the ends of your… … English dictionary
nail*/ — [neɪl] noun [C] I 1) a thin pointed piece of metal that you use for fixing one thing to another by hitting it with a hammer 2) the smooth hard part that grows over the ends of your fingers and toes • a nail in the coffin one of a series of events … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
coffin — [[t]kɒ̱fɪn, AM kɔ͟ːfɪn[/t]] coffins 1) N COUNT A coffin is a box in which a dead body is buried or cremated. 2) PHRASE: oft PHR of n If you say that one thing is a nail in the coffin of another thing, you mean that it will help bring about its… … English dictionary
nail — 1. American (of a male) to copulate with Perhaps from the slang nail, a penis, or from an analogy with screw1. The rhyming slang hammer and nail, tail1, opens yet another line of etymological enquiry: Until April [Congressman Gary… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
a nail in the/someone's coffin — see ↑nail, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑coffin a nail in the/someone s coffin : something that makes it more likely that someone or something will fail, be destroyed, etc. Every mistake is one more nail in the coffin of his professional baseball career.… … Useful english dictionary
