the smoking gun

Fig. the indisputable sign of guilt. (Fig. on a murderer being caught just after shooting the victim.) Mr. south was left holding the smoking gun. The chief of staff decided that the the aide should be found with the smoking gun.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Bernardine	ber-nar-DEEN	French (Rare)
ValÉRy	-	French
Jaakoppi	YAH:-kop-pee	Finnish (Rare)
Field	[fi:ld]
Dijana	dee-YAH-nah (Croatian), DEE-yah-nah (Croatian)	Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian
Haldor	-	Norwegian