يسرع دق أخر المسامير في النعش اﻷوربي

English translation: would expedite putting the final nail in the coffin of the EU

15:20 Mar 19, 2020
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Government / Politics
Arabic term or phrase: يسرع دق أخر المسامير في النعش اﻷوربي
السياق:

فاﻹتحاد اﻷوربي سيكون أول الخاسرين في هذه المؤامرة، ومن يظن أن تمسكه سيستمر فهو قاصر الرؤية، لأن استهداف مناطق التوتر اﻹجتماعي بالفيروس في دول كإسبانيا وإيطاليا، وخاصة شمالها المطالب باﻹنفصال منذ قديم الزمن، يسرع دق أخر المسامير في النعش اﻷوربي، ولا يظن اﻷوربيون بأن سكان شمال إيطاليا سيتناسون بسهولة هذه الأزمة ومعاناتهم مع وقوف الجميع في دفة المتفرج
Yassine El Bouknify
Morocco
Local time: 08:08
English translation:would expedite putting the final nail in the coffin of the EU
Explanation:
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Ayman Massoud
Egypt
Local time: 10:08
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Summary of answers provided
5 +1would sound/toll the death knell for European Union/ would be a death knell
Ramadan Ibrahim
4 +1would expedite putting the final nail in the coffin of the EU
Ayman Massoud
5accelerates the EU's collapse
Youssef Chabat
3Spell the end of
Mai Saleh


  

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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
would expedite putting the final nail in the coffin of the EU


Explanation:
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Ayman Massoud
Egypt
Local time: 10:08
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 32

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Susan McMillan
2 days 23 hrs

neutral  Youssef Chabat: European people do not put nails on their coffins.
3 days 2 hrs
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50 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
would sound/toll the death knell for European Union/ would be a death knell


Explanation:
a warning of the end of something
an action or event presaging death or destruction


Example sentence(s):
  • If it got out, it'd be a death knell for the factory.
  • the coming of the power press was the death knell of the hand press

    Reference: http://https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/death%20kn...
    Reference: http://https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/d...
Ramadan Ibrahim
United Arab Emirates
Local time: 12:08
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  adel almergawy
8 days
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Spell the end of


Explanation:
It can be used generally to describe something that will lead to the end of something else, usually in a bad way.

"Global warming will spell the end for civilisation."

Mai Saleh
Syria
Local time: 11:08
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
accelerates the EU's collapse


Explanation:
direct expression as we have to respect cultural differences. European people do not put nails on their coffins.

Youssef Chabat
Morocco
Local time: 08:08
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 20
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