spik i kistan

Swedish

Etymology

spik (“nail”) +‎ i (“in”) +‎ kistan (“the coffin”). Compare Norwegian Bokmål spiker i kista and Norwegian Nynorsk spikar i kista.

Noun

spik i kistan c

1. (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

References

• spik in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• spik in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)