Idiom: A nail in the coffin

Today’s BLAST FROM THE PAST episode is for Saturday, June 20, 2021. Our idiom for this day is ‘a nail in the coffin.’ A nail in the coffin means small failures add up to big ones. 'A nail' is a minor fail, and 'the coffin' is a major failure. You can read along as you listen by clicking HERE or by copying and pasting this link into your preferred browser: https://links.artisanenglish.jp/NailInTheCoffin Try a Weekly Thursday Quiz from ArtisanEnglish.jp. You listen to the posts, now check to see if you learned from what you heard. Visit ArtisanEnglish.jp and go to the Weekly Quizzes page. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/Quiz I also offer FREE 20-minute lessons twice a month for anyone. All you have to do is sign up to win. Look under Book a Private Lesson at ArtisanEnglish.jp for Saturday Free-For-Anyone https://links.artisanenglish.jp/SatFree4Any1and Sunday Free-For-Anyone https://links.artisanenglish.jp/SunFree4Any1. Below is a term from today’s episode that may have been new for you. Slow-motion train wreck: When you are witnessing a slow-motion train wreck, catastrophic failure is evident to everyone while it is in progress. https://b.link/WednesdaySlowMotionTrainWreck