The Final Nail In The Coffin

An event that causes the failure of something that had already started to fail.e.g.: This latest evidence could be the final nail in the coffin for Thomas' case.
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COFFIN

THE FINAL NAIL IN THE COFFIN ( or ANOTHER NAIL IN THE COFFIN)

CUT TO THE CHASE

Meaning: 1.Leave out all the unnecessary details and just get to the point. 2. Come to the point.

A Shot In The Arm

Meaning: 

A stimulus.

Origin:

This expression derives from the invigorating effect of injecting drugs. A shot is of course US slang for an injection, either of a narcotic or medicinal drug. That term has been in use since around the beginning of the 20th century; for example, this piece from the San Francisco Chronicle Supplement, October 1904:

"I varied hardly a minute each day in the time of taking my injection. My first shot was when I awoke in the morning."

'A shot in the arm' came soon afterwards and the first mention of a figurative use of it in print that I can find is from

the Maine newspaper The Lewiston Evening Journal, January 1916:

The vets can give politics a shot in the arm and the political leaders realize it.

BABY MAMA/ BABY DADDY

A person you had a child with.

Example : 

Chief Keef's got a brand new baby mama situation -- she says she just had his son ... his lawyer says take a number, lady ... and Keef can't decide whether to celebrate.  

Read more: http://www.tmz.com/2015/08/26/chief-keef-baby-mama-files-for-child-support/#ixzz3tVa9kpbr

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BAG LADY

A homeless woman, especially one in a big city, who carries her possessions with her, as in a shopping bag.

BUSBOY

a junior restaurant worker assisting the  waiting staff, a table clearer, a water pourer e.t.c. 

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