参考例句

1. The man who had been run over was dead as a coffin nail .

   被车碾过的那个人完全死了。

2. coffin nail

   [美俚]香烟，烟卷

3. "Every time he drinks wine, he drives a nail in his coffin ."

   他每喝一次酒，就等于加速死亡一步。

4. I might have been inclined, myself, to regard a coffin nail as the deadest piece of ironmongery in the trade.

   我个人认为，棺材钉才是五金制品中钉得最死的东西。

5. It was a final nail in the Government's coffin .

   那是对政府的一个致命打击。

6. The long and costly strike proved to be the last nail in the company's coffin .

   长期罢工损失巨大致使该公司一蹶不振.

7. Every glass of spirit you take is a nail in your coffin .

   你喝的每一杯烈酒都在缩短你的寿命。

8. We have just heard that Brown cheated at cards last night--another nail in his coffin .

   我们刚听说布朗昨晚打牌时做了手脚——这进一步败坏了他自己的名声。

9. Every time he drinks wine, he drives a nail in his coffin .

   他每喝一次酒,就等于加速死亡一步。

10. A nail in one's coffin

    催命符