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单词 to be the end of
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to be the end of
c. In phrase to be the end of (cf. to be the death of at death n. Phrases 4). Now used, somewhat trivially, in the sense ‘to be the downfall of, to put an end to (ambition, promotion, etc.)’.
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1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III ii. i. 15 Least..the..King of Kings..award Either of you to be the others end. View more context for this quotation
1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 iv. iii. 130 This apoplexi wil certaine be his end. View more context for this quotation
1934 G. B. Shaw On the Rocks (new ed.) i, in Too True to be Good 200 He was just ripe for the Cabinet when his wife..made money by journalism. That was the end of him.
1936 J. B. Priestley They walk in City iv. 76 She and the bow-legged chap would be pushing a pram up the road..and that..would be the end of them.
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