coffin nail

基本解释

This is really the nail in the coffin for that.
这真的在棺材中是钉子为那。
As he prepared to leave hospital Orwell received the letter from his publisher which, in hindsight, would be another nail in his coffin.
出院在即，奥威尔收到了出版商的催稿信。事实上，这等于又往他的棺材上钉了颗钉子。
Both created a furore with the former revealing "a massive fraud" that represented "the final nail in the coffin" for the theory of global warming, deniers argued.
否认者争辩说，这两件事都利用表示为全球变暖理论“的棺材钉上最后一颗钉子”的“大规模欺骗”，造成了轰动。

That could be the final coffin nail.
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It is driving one more nail in the coffin of the traditional corporate pension.
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