sound the death-knell of something

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• sound the death knell for something — sound the death knell for (something) to cause something to end. Everyone likes e mail, but it hasn t sounded the death knell for snail mail quite yet. Etymology: based on the literal meaning of sound the death knell (= to ring a church bell… …   New idioms dictionary

• sound the death knell for — (something) to cause something to end. Everyone likes e mail, but it hasn t sounded the death knell for snail mail quite yet. Etymology: based on the literal meaning of sound the death knell (= to ring a church bell slowly to announce a person s… …   New idioms dictionary

• 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. 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 — UK / US noun [singular] an event or situation that is a sign of the end of something sound the death knell of/for something: The arrival of supermarkets sounded the death knell of small shops …   English dictionary

• death knell — noun (singular) sound the death knell to be a sign that something will soon stop existing or stop being used: Plans to build a bridge across the river sounded the death knell for the ferry …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• death knell — noun a) The tolling of a bell announcing death. The sound was the stroke of a bell from the tower of East Endelstow Church. . . . The death knell of an inhabitant of the eastern parish was being tolled. b) A sign or omen foretelling the death or… …   Wiktionary

• sound — I [[t]sa͟ʊnd[/t]] NOUN AND VERB USES ♦ sounds, sounding, sounded (Please look at category 12 to see if the expression you are looking for is shown under another headword.) 1) N COUNT A sound is something that you hear. Peter heard the sound of… …   English dictionary

• knell — I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English cnyllan; akin to Middle High German erknellen to toll Date: before 12th century transitive verb to summon or announce by or as if by a knell intransitive verb 1. to ring especially for a death,… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• The Church (band) — This article is about the Australian rock band. For other uses of the term church , see Church (disambiguation). The Church …   Wikipedia

• The Minister's Black Veil — The children fled from his approach , illustration by Elenore Abbott, 1900 The Minister s Black Veil is a short story written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. It was first published in the 1836 edition of The Token and Atlantic Souvenir, edited by Samuel… …   Wikipedia