The scandal destroyed his political career.
スキャンダルで彼の政治生命は終わった
The scandal disastrously discredited the mayor.
スキャンダルで市長は致命的に信用を落とした
The scandal finished (off) his political career.
((比喩的に))そのスキャンダルは彼の政治生命を絶った
The scandal was fatal to his political life.
そのスキャンダルは彼の政治生命に致命的だった
the Stone of Scone
スクーンの石,運命の石(Scone Stone)(◇戴たい冠式でスコットランド王が座った石)
The success was bought at the cost [the expense, the price] of many lives.
その成功は多くの人命の犠牲の上に成り立っていた
the tricks of fate
運命のいたずら
the ultimate origin of life
生命の根源
the weak [the weakest] link (in the chain)
((比喩的に))(集団・計画の)弱点,命取り
the will of Heaven=Heaven's will
天命