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。

A fine would be the final nail in the coffin of the airline.

一笔罚款将最终断送该航线。

Both created a furore with the former revealing "a massive fraud" that represented "the final nail in the coffin" for the theory of global warming, deniers argued.

否认者争辩说，这两件事都利用表示为全球变暖理论“的棺材钉上最后一颗钉子”的“大规模欺骗”，造成了轰动。

You may see text messages as another nail in the coffin of face-to-face human interaction.

你也许觉得发短信是钉上人们面对面交流的棺材的又一颗钉子。

As he prepared to leave hospital Orwell received the letter from his publisher which, in hindsight, would be another nail in his coffin.

出院在即，奥威尔收到了出版商的催稿信。 事实上，这等于又往他的棺材上钉了颗钉子。