the final nail in any would-be star's coffin.

That goal was the nail-in-the-coffin.

Marriage is like a coffin and each kid is like another nail.

We were missing that last nail in the coffin last year and now we got it. Hopefully he can keep doing it and build some confidence and the offense can build some confidence.

I take this as the last nail in (Brownsville's) coffin. We have no industry, now we have no hospital. What do we have to attract people?

The start of the fourth quarter put the nail in the coffin.