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21 вбить осиновый кол в могилу
[VP; subj: human, collect, or abstr]=====⇒ to destroy, put an end to s.o. or sth., render s.o. or sth. harmless:- X did away with Y (for good).—————← From the old superstitious custom of driving a stake (" кол") into the ground in the place where it was thought that a sorcerer or witch was buried in order to prevent his or her rising from the grave.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > вбить осиновый кол в могилу
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22 забить осиновый кол
[VP; subj: human, collect, or abstr]=====⇒ to destroy, put an end to s.o. or sth., render s.o. or sth. harmless:- X did away with Y (for good).—————← From the old superstitious custom of driving a stake (" кол") into the ground in the place where it was thought that a sorcerer or witch was buried in order to prevent his or her rising from the grave.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > забить осиновый кол
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23 забить осиновый кол в могилу
[VP; subj: human, collect, or abstr]=====⇒ to destroy, put an end to s.o. or sth., render s.o. or sth. harmless:- X did away with Y (for good).—————← From the old superstitious custom of driving a stake (" кол") into the ground in the place where it was thought that a sorcerer or witch was buried in order to prevent his or her rising from the grave.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > забить осиновый кол в могилу
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1) General subject: backbite, backbite (об отсутствующем), berhyme, berime, malign, scandal, scandalize, slander, tittle tattle, tittle-tattle, traduce, twittle twattle, twittle-twattle2) Colloquial: bad-mouthing5) Jargon: chew the fat, flap ( one's) chops, flap (one's) jaw, flap (one's) jowls, flap (one's) mouth, put a nail in (smb.'s) coffin (о ком-л.), cat6) Makarov: backbite( backbit; backbitten) (об отсутствующем), speak evil, flap about, flap chops, flap jaw, flap jowls, flap mouth, fling dirt about7) Christianity: abuse
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(a) nail in the coffin — a nail in the coffin phrase one of a series of events or actions that seriously harm someone or something These job losses are the final nail in the region’s coffin. Thesaurus: people and things that cause worry or problemshyponym small and minor … Useful english dictionary
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another nail in the coffin — an event which causes the failure of something that had already started to fail. I think that argument was the final nail in the coffin of our friendship. (usually + of) … New idioms dictionary
a nail in the coffin — an action or event regarded as likely to have a detrimental or destructive effect on a situation, enterprise, or person this was going to put the final nail in the coffin of his career … Useful english dictionary
a nail in the coffin — one of a series of events or actions that seriously harm someone or something These job losses are the final nail in the region s coffin … English dictionary