Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - death knell
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Death knell
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1.
also death-knell If you say that something sounds the death knell for a particular person or thing, you mean it will cause that person or thing to fail, end, or cease to exist. The tax increase sounded the death knell for the business... N-SING: usu the N for/of n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
2.
1. похоронный звон to sound the death knell for smth. —- предвещать конец чего-л. ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
3.
{n.}, {formal} 1. The ringing of a bell at a death or funeral. * /The people mourned at the death knell of their friend./ 2. {literary} Something which shows a future failure. * /Bill's poor grade on his final examination sounded the death knell of his hope to be a doctor./ * /His sudden deafness was the death knell of his hope to become President./ ...Английский словарь американских идиом
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