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['deθˌnel]сущ.2) предвестник конца, гибели (чего-л.)He was quoted this week as saying that the elimination of the tax on inheritances would sound the death knell for charitable organizations. — На этой неделе цитировались его слова о том, что если отменить налог на наследство, благотворительным организациям придёт конец.
Was it the death knell of the nuclear industry or merely curfew time? — Настал ли для атомной промышленности смертный час или всего лишь комендантский?
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[ʹdeθʹnel]похоронный звонto sound the death knell for smth. /of smth./ - предвещать конец /гибель/ чего-л.
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['deθ'nel]1) Общая лексика: похоронный звон, страшное предзнаменование (перен.)2) Фразеологизм: знак смерти (A sign or omen foretelling the death or destruction of something.), по ком звонит колокол (The tolling of a bell announcing death.) -
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1) glas2) fig. arrêt de mortEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > death knell
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['deθnel]noun lit, fig glas m
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death knell — Knell Knell, n. [OE. knel, cnul, AS. cnyll, fr. cnyllan to sound a bell; cf. D. & G. knallen to clap, crack, G. & Sw. knall a clap, crack, loud sound, Dan. knalde to clap, crack. Cf. {Knoll}, n. & v.] The stroke of a bell tolled at a funeral or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
death knell — n. 1. A stroke or tolling of a bell, announcing a death; a knell[1]. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence: (figuratively) A sign or harbinger of the end, death, or passing away of anything. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
death knell — n [singular] a sign that something will soon fail or stop existing →↑death blow (sound/strike/toll) the death knell for/of sth ▪ The loss of Georgia would sound the death knell of Republican hopes … Dictionary of contemporary English
death knell — ► NOUN 1) the tolling of a bell to mark a death. 2) an event that signals the end of something … English terms dictionary
death knell — death ,knell noun singular LITERARY an event or situation that is a sign of the end of something … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
death knell — noun 1. an omen of death or destruction • Hypernyms: ↑omen, ↑portent, ↑presage, ↑prognostic, ↑prognostication, ↑prodigy 2. a bell rung to announce a death • Syn: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Death knell — A death knell is the ringing of a bell to announce a death. This is also called tolling the bell. The ancient custom of ringing a church bell at the actual time of death (The Passing Bell, or rather the Death Knell) fell into disuse in England by … Wikipedia
death knell — also death knell N SING: usu the N for/of n If you say that something sounds the death knell for a particular person or thing, you mean it will cause that person or thing to fail, end, or cease to exist. The tax increase sounded the death knell… … English dictionary
death knell — {n.}, {formal} 1. The ringing of a bell at a death or funeral. * /The people mourned at the death knell of their friend./ 2. {literary} Something which shows a future failure. * /Bill s poor grade on his final examination sounded the death knell… … Dictionary of American idioms
death knell — {n.}, {formal} 1. The ringing of a bell at a death or funeral. * /The people mourned at the death knell of their friend./ 2. {literary} Something which shows a future failure. * /Bill s poor grade on his final examination sounded the death knell… … Dictionary of American idioms
death\ knell — noun formal 1. the ringing of a bell at a death or funeral. The people mourned at the death knell of their friend. 2. literary Something which shows a future failure. Bill s poor grade on his final examination sounded the death knell of his hope… … Словарь американских идиом