Another nail in your coffin 有害健康的東西
2023-08-22 15:23:07 每日學英語
coffin是“棺材”，another nail in your coffin字面看“又一根棺材釘子”，用來指代那些有害健康、危及生命的東西。人們給香煙起的綽號就是coffin nail.
【例句】
Every cigarette you light up is another nail in your coffin.
你每點上一枝香煙，就等于往墳墓跨近了一步。
Jim, you really ought to stop smoking. Every cigarette you light up is another nail in you coffin. I realize stopping is hard, but if I did it you can too.
Jim，你一定得戒煙，你每點上一枝香煙，等于往末日跨近一步。我知道香煙難戒，但是如果我能做到你也能。