death knell

Something that indicates impending failure, as in His low scores sounded the death knell for his ambitions. The noun knell, used for the ringing of a bell since at least a.d. 1000, is rarely heard today except in this figurative phrase.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Mizuki	mee-zoo-kee	Japanese
Gaufrid	-	Ancient Germanic
Tamara	tah-MAH-rah (Russian, Spanish, Italian), tə-MAHR-ə (English), TAM-ə-rə (English)	Russian, Ukrainian, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, English, Dutch, S
Joscelin	-	Old Norman
Najib	-	Arabic
Jerneja	-	Slovene