proverbial

[rainous]

"His antics turned out to be the nail in the proverbial coffin.

Did I you the word "proverbial" right?

Or it doesn't make sense in the context?

 

[Barb_D]

Sounds very native.

 

[emsr2d2]

"His antics turned out to be the nail in the proverbial coffin.

Did I [STRIKE]you[/STRIKE] use the word "proverbial" right/ correctly or [STRIKE]it[/STRIKE] doesn't it make sense in the context?

Your use of "proverbial" was spot on. Please see the slight amendments I made to your post above.

 

[Rover_KE]

You could also say '. . .the proverbial nail in the coffin' (I prefer this version).

Rover

 

[rainous]

You could also say '. . .the proverbial nail in the coffin' (I prefer this version).

Rover

Yeah. That's was the part that got tricky for me.

At first, I thought about using two "proverbial", in front of nail and coffin, but that seemed plain silly.

 

[5jj]

At first, I thought about using two "proverbial", in front of nail and coffin, but that seemed plain silly.

Quite. One is enough.