Question of the Day #553

"'The hallmark of all really defining responses that we have to virus diseases, if you look at the history of viral diseases, it is generally vaccines that put the nail in the coffin of these types,' Fauci said during testimony to House lawmakers."

From the 8th paragraph of this article at Yahoo! News.

上記の文で、nail in the coffinの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "nail in the coffin" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

《a ～》命取りになるもの、とどめを刺すもの、追い打ちをかける［失敗を確定的にする］事柄

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

something that makes it more likely that someone or something will fail, be destroyed, etc.

Examples

• Every mistake is one more nail in the coffin of his professional baseball career.
• The lawyers put another nail in her coffin today.
• A fine would be the final nail in the coffin of the airline.
• This latest evidence could be the final nail in the coffin for Jackson's case.
• The candidate's uncouth comment about the lower class was the final nail in the coffin of an already foundering campaign.

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