spik i kistan
Swedish
editEtymology
editspik (“nail”) + i (“in”) + kistan (“the coffin”). Compare Norwegian Bokmål spiker i kista and Norwegian Nynorsk spikar i kista.
Noun
edit- (idiomatic) nail in one's coffin
- sista spiken i kistan
- the final nail in the coffin
- ännu/ytterligare en spik i kistan
- another nail in the coffin