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another nail in your coffin — another cigarette; harmful substance Every cigarette he smoked was another nail in his coffin … English idioms
another 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 … Wiktionary
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 in someone's or something's coffin — idi nail in someone s or something s coffin, something that hastens the demise or failure of a person or thing: Every moment s delay is another nail in his coffin[/ex] … From formal English to slang
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
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
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
John Updike — Infobox Writer caption = John Updike (left), receiving the National Medal of Arts from President and Mrs. George H. W. Bush, 17 November, 1989 name = John Updike birthdate = birth date and age|1932|3|18 birthplace = Reading, Pennsylvania, PA, U.S … Wikipedia
Kirby (video game) — Infobox VG title=Kirby developer=HAL Laboratory publisher=Nintendo designer= engine= version= released=JPN December 19 2008 EUR TBCCite web|title=Release Dates Official Nintendo Magazine|url=http://www.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/release dates … Wikipedia
Helmholtz, Hermann von — ▪ German scientist and philosopher Introduction original name Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand Helmholtz born Aug. 31, 1821, Potsdam, Prussia [Germany] died Sept. 8, 1894, Charlottenburg, Berlin, Ger. German scientist and philosopher who made… … Universalium
2000s in music — For music from a year in the 2000s, go to 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 Popular music Timeline of musical events 2010s • 2000s • 1990s • 1980s • 1970s • 1960s • 1950s • 1940s • … Wikipedia
