Idiom
living end
Meaning
The most extreme form of something or the final and most impactful development in a series of events — whether favorable or unfavorable
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“That loud noise is the living end.”
“The service at this restaurant is the living end, so I am never coming back here again.”
“After the company announced both the sudden layoffs and the cancellation of the project, the staff agreed that the situation was truly the living end.”
Examples
simple
“That loud noise is the living end.”
contextual
“The service at this restaurant is the living end, so I am never coming back here again.”
complex
“After the company announced both the sudden layoffs and the cancellation of the project, the staff agreed that the situation was truly the living end.”
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