(a) nail in somebody's coffin

(a) nail in somebody's coffin
a nail in sb's/sth's ˈcoffin idiom
something that makes the end or failure of an organization, sb's plans, etc. more likely to happen

This latest defeat is another nail in the government's coffin.

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