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idiomanother nail in sb's/sth's coffin(also the final/last nail in the coffin)used about an event, in a series of bad events, that helps to destroy someone's success, plans, or hopes ◆ often used in newspapers, on television news etc:The loss of so many jobs is another nail in the coffin of economic confidence in this troubled region.The final nail in the coffin of plans for a nuclear reactor came when a panel from the Commission advised against it.
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