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1 ring the knell of smth.
(ring (или sound) the knell of smth. (тж. sound death(-)knell for))прозвучать погребальным звоном, предвещать конец, гибель чего-л...one tourist had recently been killed by a stray bullet while he was taking a photograph of a picturesque beggar under a balcony near the palace, and death had sounded the knell of the all-in tour including a trip to Veradero beach and the night-life of Havana. (Gr. Greene, ‘Our Man in Havana’, ch. III) —...один из туристов был убит шальной пулей, когда фотографировал какого-то живописного нищего под балконом президентского дворца. Эхо от этого выстрела прозвучало как бы погребальным звоном по всем туристским маршрутам: прощай, пляж Верадеро, прощайте, злачные места ночной Гаваны!
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