death bell

• تعبير قديم يدل على جرس يُقرع للإعلان عن وفاة شخص ما، ويُستعمل مجازًا للدلالة على علامة أو نذير بأن شيئًا ما محكوم عليه بالفناء أو آخذ في الانتهاء.

An old-fashioned expression referring to a bell rung to announce someone's death, or figuratively, a sign or omen that something is doomed or coming to an end.

1. Omen of deathC1formal

   A sign or event that is believed to foretell someone's death.

   نذير الموت

   • The old legend says that hearing a death bell at midnight is a bad omen.
   • In some cultures, a sudden silence in nature is considered a death bell.
   • The strange sound was interpreted as a death bell by the superstitious villagers.

2. End of somethingC1informal

   A signal or event that marks the end or failure of something.

   نهاية الشيء

   • The company's bankruptcy was the death bell for the entire project.
   • The scandal sounded the death bell for his political career.
   • The new technology tolled the death bell for the old manufacturing process.