another nail in one's coffin

English

Noun

another nail in one’s coffin (or the coffin) (uncountable)

  1. (idiomatic) An event or a series of factors which cause the failure of something that already starts to fail
    Following the divorce and the lawsuit, bankruptcy is just another nail in his coffin.

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