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Something that is ultimately responsible for a previously prospective demise or failure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- The Slurpie Shack franchise was already considering filing for bankruptcy after five years of poor profits, but a fire that destroyed the flagship restaurant was the final nail in the coffin.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
催命符
(cuīmìngfú)
— something responsible for a prospective demise
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Finnish:
viimeinen naula arkkuun
— something responsible for a prospective demise
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French:
coup de grâce
— something responsible for a prospective demise
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French:
dernier clou dans le cercueil
— something responsible for a prospective demise
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German:
Sargnagel
— something responsible for a prospective demise
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Italian:
colpo di grazia
— something responsible for a prospective demise
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Polish:
ostatni gwóźdź do trumny
— something responsible for a prospective demise
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Russian:
последний гвоздь в крышку гроба
(poslednij gvozdʹ v kryšku groba)
— something responsible for a prospective demise
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Spanish:
último clavo en el ataúd
— something responsible for a prospective demise
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Swedish:
sista spiken i kistan
— something responsible for a prospective demise
