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another nail in the coffin

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another nail in the coffin  also the final nail in the coffin
an event which causes the failure of something that had already started to fail (usually + of ) I think that argument was the final nail in the coffin of our friendship.
See also: another, coffin, nail


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While some residents grudgingly admit progress, others see the road opening as another nail in the coffin of their suburban dreams.
Recent media reports have indicated the Federal Government is considering allowing GPs to charge a co-payment on top of bulk billing, a move which represents another nail in the coffin for Australia's universal health care system.
Jaskot has nonetheless put another nail in the coffin of Leon Krier's extraordinary attempt to exonerate the Nazi monuments by removing them from their political context.
 
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