death knell

1. N-SING 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. 導(dǎo)致終結(jié)的原因[usu 'the' N 'for/of' n]

The tax increase sounded the death knell for the business. 稅收的增長預(yù)示著這項生意的終結(jié)。