ANOTHER NAIL IN YOUR COFFIN

Meaning of ANOTHER NAIL IN YOUR COFFIN in English

another cigarette; harmful substance

Every cigarette he smoked was another nail in his coffin.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

ANOTHER NAIL IN YOUR COFFIN — "another cigarette; harmful substance" Every cigarette he smoked was another nail in his coffin.
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COFFIN — sarco
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YOUR — I. Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ēower (used as gen. of gē you); akin to Old High German iuwēr …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NAIL — I. ˈnāl, esp before pause or consonant ˈnāəl noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old …
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IN — I. (|)in, ən; usu ə n after t, d, s, or z as in “split in two”, often ə m …
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COFFIN — I. ˈkȯfə̇n also ˈkäf- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, basket, receptacle, from Middle French cofin, from Latin cophinus …
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ANOTHER — I. əˈnəthə(r), aˈn- adjective Etymology: Middle English, from an + other 1. : different or distinct from the one first …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COFFIN — (v. t.) To inclose in, or as in, a coffin.
Английский словарь Webster
COFFIN — (n.) The hollow crust or hoof of a horse's foot, below the coronet, in which is the coffin bone.
Английский словарь Webster
COFFIN — ( v. t. ) To inclose in, or as in, a coffin.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
COFFIN — ( n. ) The hollow crust or hoof of a horse's foot, below the coronet, in which is the coffin …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
YOUR — /yoor, yawr, yohr/ ; unstressed /yeuhr/ , pron. 1. (a form of the possessive case of you used as an …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NAIL — — nailless , adj. — naillike , adj. /nayl/ , n. 1. a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
COFFIN — — coffinless , adj. /kaw"fin, kof"in/ , n. 1. the box or case in which the body of a dead …
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ANOTHER — /euh nudh"euhr/ , adj. 1. being one more or more of the same; further; additional: another piece of cake. 2. …
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NAIL — I. ˈnāl noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English nægl; akin to Old High German nagal nail, fingernail, Latin unguis …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
COFFIN — I. ˈkȯ-fən noun Etymology: Middle English, basket, receptacle, from Anglo-French, from Latin cophinus Date: 1525 : a box or chest …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ANOTHER — I. ə-ˈnə-thər also a- or ā- adjective Date: 12th century 1. : different or distinct from the one first considered …
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YOUR — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ēower; akin to Old English ēow you — more at you Date: before …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NAIL — noun to spike, as a cannon. 2. nail ·noun to stud or boss with nails, or as with nails. 3. …
Webster English vocab
COFFIN — noun a basket. 2. coffin ·vt to inclose in, or as in, a coffin. 3. coffin ·noun a conical paper …
Webster English vocab
ANOTHER — pron & ·adj not the same; different. 2. another ·pron & ·adj any or some; any different person, indefinitely; any …
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NAIL — [nail] n [ME, fr. OE naegl; akin to OHG nagal nail, fingernail, L unguis fingernail, toenail, claw, Gk onyx] (bef. …
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COFFIN — [cof.fin] n [ME, basket, receptacle, fr. MF cofin, fr. L cophinus] (1525): a box or chest for burying a corpse …
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ANOTHER — [an.oth.er] adj (12c) 1: different or distinct from the one first considered "the same scene viewed from ~ angle" 2: …
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NAIL
Britannica English vocabulary
COFFIN — the receptacle in which a corpse is confined. The Greeks and Romans disposed of their dead both by burial and …
Britannica English vocabulary
NAIL — nail, Nail BrE AmE neɪ ə l ▷ nailed neɪ ə ld ▷ nailing ˈneɪ ə l ɪŋ ▷ nails …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
COFFIN — coffin, C~ BrE AmE ˈkɒf ɪn § - ə n AmE \ ˈkɔːf ə n ˈkɑːf- ▷ coffin|s z
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ANOTHER — another BrE AmE ə ˈnʌð ə AmE \ - ə r —There is also an occasional emphatic form ˌeɪ- ▷ …
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YOUR — / jɔː(r); NAmE jʊr weak form jə(r)/ determiner (the possessive form of you ) 1. of or belonging to the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NAIL
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ANOTHER — / əˈnʌðə(r); NAmE / determiner , pronoun 1. one more; an extra thing or person : Would you like another …
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YOUR — your S1 W1 /jə; strong jɔː $ jər strong jɔːr/ BrE AmE determiner [possessive form of ‘you’] [ Language: Old …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NAIL — I. nail 1 S3 /neɪl/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: nægl ] 1 . a …
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COFFIN — cof ‧ fin /ˈkɒfən, ˈkɒfɪn $ ˈkɒː-, ˈkɑː-/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French ; …
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ANOTHER — an ‧ oth ‧ er S1 W1 /əˈnʌðə $ -ər/ BrE AmE determiner , pronoun 1 . ADDITIONAL one more …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NAIL — n. & v. --n. 1 a small usu. sharpened metal spike with a broadened flat head, driven in with a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
COFFIN — n. & v. --n. 1 a long narrow usu. wooden box in which a corpse is buried or cremated. 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ANOTHER — adj. & pron. --adj. 1 an additional; one more (have another cake; after another six months). 2 a person like …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
NAIL — n. & v. n. 1 a small usu. sharpened metal spike with a broadened flat head, driven in with a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
COFFIN — n. & v. n. 1 a long narrow usu. wooden box in which a corpse is buried or cremated. 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ANOTHER — adj. & pron. adj. 1 an additional; one more (have another cake; after another six months). 2 a person like …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NAIL — n. & v. --n. 1. a small usu. sharpened metal spike with a broadened flat head, driven in with a …
Oxford English vocab
COFFIN — n. & v. --n. 1. a long narrow usu. wooden box in which a corpse is buried or cremated. 2 …
Oxford English vocab
ANOTHER — adj. & pron. --adj. 1. an additional; one more (have another cake; after another six months). 2 a person like …
Oxford English vocab
YOUR — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'Your' is the second person possessive …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NAIL — ( nails, nailing, nailed) 1. A nail is a thin piece of metal with one pointed end and one flat …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COFFIN — ( coffins) 1. A coffin is a box in which a dead body is buried or cremated. N-COUNT 2. If …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ANOTHER — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Another thing or person means an …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ANOTHER — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Another thing or person means an …
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NAIL — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a nail bomb (= containing nails ) as tough as nails/as tough as old …
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COFFIN — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE wooden ▪ Forty-two extended inhumations, several with wooden coffins , were examined, 14 in …
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ANOTHER — determiner COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a second chance/another chance ▪ The interview went badly, so I didn’t think they would …
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YOUR — [determiner]Your means of or belonging to people generally.Garlic is good for your blood.Of course you want the best for your …
Cambridge English vocab
ANOTHER — (DIFFERENT) [determiner], [pronoun] - a different (person or thing)She's ditched that dreadful boyfriend of hers and found herself another (one).Do …
Cambridge English vocab
ANOTHER — Synonyms and related words : accessory, added, additional, ancillary, autre chose, auxiliary, collateral, contributory, different story, different thing, else, extra, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
ANOTHER — See: DANCE TO ANOTHER TUNE.
Slang English vocab
NAIL — noun 1 on the fingers/toes ⇨ See also ↑ fingernail , ↑ toenail ADJECTIVE ▪ long , short ▪ sharp …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
COFFIN — noun (esp. BrE ) ⇨ See also ↑ casket ADJECTIVE ▪ wooden ▪ flag-draped ▪ the flag-draped ~s of soldiers …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
ANOTHER — INDEX: 1. one more of the same kind RELATED WORDS see also ↑ MORE ↑ ADD ↑ DIFFERENT ◆◆◆ 1. …
Longman Activator English vocab
ANOTHER — See ↑ ANOTHER 1, ↑ DIFFERENT 5, ↑ MORE 1, ↑ NEW 4 ◆◆◆ • ↑ and another thing
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