Idiom
final nail in the coffin
Meaning
Something that is ultimately responsible for a previously prospective demise or failure.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“This bad review was the final nail in the coffin for the restaurant.”
“The company lost its biggest client yesterday, which felt like the final nail in the coffin for their struggling business.”
“After years of declining sales and poor management, the sudden loss of their primary investor served as the final nail in the coffin for the once-prosperous firm.”
Examples
simple
“This bad review was the final nail in the coffin for the restaurant.”
contextual
“The company lost its biggest client yesterday, which felt like the final nail in the coffin for their struggling business.”
complex
“After years of declining sales and poor management, the sudden loss of their primary investor served as the final nail in the coffin for the once-prosperous firm.”
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