A piece of incontrovertible incriminating evidence.
〈喻〉犯罪的确凿证据
the trial's long-awaited smoking gun failed to surface
Example sentencesExamples
There are no smoking guns, but there's a nexus of circumstantial evidence behind most of the stories the sport throws up.
We knew from the Columbia Investigation there were likely to be few smoking guns; the evidence was mostly public testimony and clarified during various news conferences during and after the hearings.
Yes, I think ultimately the White House is going to have to show some concrete evidence, a smoking gun.
Certainly, there was no evidence given today that was really a legal smoking gun, if you will.
Each new revelation was the smoking gun that was going to end his presidency.
Definition of smoking gun in US English:
smoking gun
nounˌsmōkiNG ˈɡənˌsmoʊkɪŋ ˈɡən
A piece of incontrovertible incriminating evidence.
〈喻〉犯罪的确凿证据
the trial's long-awaited smoking gun failed to surface
Example sentencesExamples
We knew from the Columbia Investigation there were likely to be few smoking guns; the evidence was mostly public testimony and clarified during various news conferences during and after the hearings.
Certainly, there was no evidence given today that was really a legal smoking gun, if you will.
Yes, I think ultimately the White House is going to have to show some concrete evidence, a smoking gun.
There are no smoking guns, but there's a nexus of circumstantial evidence behind most of the stories the sport throws up.
Each new revelation was the smoking gun that was going to end his presidency.