Sentences with phrase «nail in one's coffin»

This discovery about camels would be no big deal on its own, but it is just one more among thousands of nails in the coffin of religion.

It remains to be seen if Amazon will open a physical bookstore in the UK, if they do, this might be the final nail in the coffin for most bookstores.

It just needs to slowly and continually outsell Fitbit to put nails in its coffin — and I think that's already starting to happen.

It would be the last nail in the coffin of public education.

In short, 2008's summer arctic ice extent observation is not a wheel off the GW bandwagon — it is one more nail in the coffin of denialism.

You could think of these products as nails in the coffin of traditional publishing and book selling.

A lack of flexibility and disregard for new ideas when the project is in progress is often the first nail in the coffin in terms of a projects progress in the light of an obstacle.

The final nail in the coffin comes from the author share issue.

I just wonder now if this is the first nail in the coffin for storyline as more and more organisations move to «mobile first» design?

Reports that the chain will close three hundred brick - and - mortar stores over the next several years was one of the first real nails in its coffin as far as critics were concerned, and coupled with lagging sales of devices and ebooks, many were certain that it was an indication of the company's doom.

For that to transpire however, they still require to put the final nail in the coffin on their travel to the city of Eindhoven in Netherlands.

«It is a really big nail in the coffin for a gruesome event that has come to symbolise China's crime - fuelled dog meat trade.»

Just 406 days separated Liverpool's enthralling 3 - 2 win over City in 2013 - 14 and the 6 - 1 thumping away at Stoke that condemned the Reds to a sixth - place finish and began placing nails in the coffin of Brendan Rodgers» Liverpool tenure.

The final nail in the coffin though was the split.

The most recent nail in the coffin seems to be his tunnel - cam (nuf said!).

The much recent news is that the central bank of China is planning to hit a final nail in the coffin by banning Bitcoin miners from operating in the country.

Bitcoin Ban in China is Now Certain; Bitcoin Exchanges To Shutdown Operations China puts the final nail in the coffin with some Chinese regulators reportedly stating that the Bitcoin ban is now «certain» in the country.

Well this, I think, really not only puts the last nail in the coffin lid.

Holmes slipped, hurt his foot without being touched, and let go of the ball, which was recovered and returned for a touchdown, the final nail in the coffin during the Jets» 34 - 0 loss to the 49ers Sunday.

Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz, also a Democratic candidate for governor, wrote in a series of tweets: «While Baltimore seemed a perfect fit based on @Amazon's criteria, it's clear that a lack of public transportation, following Larry Hogan's decision to kill the Red Line, was a critical nail in the coffin.

«That was kind of the final nail in the coffin because it was like how do I find a different bank right now.»

Anything that got those conservative votes, would alienate Collins and Murkowski — which is exactly what happened, and then Senator McCain provided the final nail in the coffin objecting to the entire process.1

Every time one of these changes happens it's just one more little nail in the coffin to farms in New York State.»

But Cuomo, who was never enthusiastic about the idea, seemed to put the final nail in the coffin Monday evening.

None of these points, however, great as they may be, constitute nails in the coffin.

«If the genre is well and truly dead, Maze Runner: The Death Cure is a fittingly awful nail in its coffin» — Jim Slotek, Original - Cin

Brimming with melancholy, part 13's town scenes feel like the final nail in the coffin regarding fan expectation and the apparent craving for the old Twin Peaks, the overall effect a little akin to Frost and Lynch's penning a eulogy to the original 1990s version of the show.

It was pointed out that the shared cultural experience of cinema has largely disappeared, apart from behemoths like Star Wars, and shifted to television — another suggested nail in the coffin of Chick Flicks.

The recent announcement by Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, that the AFT wants to delay implementation of the Common Core tests in New York put a bipartisan nail in the coffin of consensus.

Here is the second nail in the coffin of the crosshair grille, and more generally, the notion that Ram pickups need to look alike.

They also moved into media streaming to compete with Netflix, as well as media streaming rentals and purchases, putting the last nail in the coffin Netflix had built for Blockbuster, and taking most of the market share from other online renters like vudu.

The penultimate nail in the coffin for the TouchPad, as it currently stands, is perhaps the most surprising; it's slow!

They can either be a blessing in disguise for an ailing franchise, or put the final nail in the coffin once and for all.

Despite being caught up in all the excitement, for me this put an early nail in the coffin for PS2 emulation.

Edit: OK, nail in the coffin time.

Microsoft may have put the first nail in the coffin recently when they started selling the Xbox One without the Kinect sensor bundled together with it.

These days, it's a lot harder for an indie developer to stand out, and any design issues can be the metaphorical nail in the coffin for your game.

The RE fiasco documented here is only an additional nail in the coffin.

A recently published series of studies puts a pretty solid nail in the coffin of the backfire effect (although this probably won't be the last word).