all ends up

(informal)completely

(非正式)完全地，彻底地

at the end of the day

(informal, chiefly Brit.)when everything is taken into consideration

(非正式，主英)最终，到头来

at the end of the day I'm responsible for what happens in the school.

到头来，还是我对学校发生的事负责。

be at (或 have come to) an end

be finished or completed

结束；完毕；完成

(of a supply of something) become exhausted

（供应物）耗尽，用光

our patience has come to an end.

我们一点儿耐心都没有了。

be at the end of

be close to having no more of (something)

到了…的尽头，几至耗尽

she was at the end of her patience.

她简直忍无可忍。

be the end

(informal)be the limit of what one can tolerate

(非正式)是所能忍受的最大限度，达到了忍耐极限

you really are the end!.

你真让人忍无可忍！。

come to (或 meet) a sticky (或 bad) end

be led by one's own actions to ruin or an unpleasant death

遭到报应；落得悲惨下场；不得好死

the end-all

a thing that is final or definitive

终结；最终结果

end one's days (或 life)

spend the final part of one's existence in a specified place or state

度过余生（或暮年）

she ended her days in London.

她在伦敦度过余生。

an end in itself

a goal that is pursued in its own right to the exclusion of others

目标本身

end in tears

have an unhappy or painful outcome (often as a warning)

（常作告诫语）会有不愉快（或痛苦）的结局；有苦果

this treaty will end in tears.

这个协议会带来苦果。

end it all

commit suicide

自杀

the end of the road (或line)

the point beyond which progress or survival cannot continue

生命（或事物发展）的尽头；穷途末路；完蛋

if the damages award is not lowered it could be the end of the road for the publisher.

若不降低损害赔偿金，那家出版公司可能就完了。

the end of one's tether (或北美rope)

having no patience or energy left to cope with something

忍无可忍；精疲力竭

these individuals have reached the end of their tether. .

这些人已忍无可忍（或筋疲力尽）了。

the end of the world

the termination of life on the earth

世界末日，世界之毁灭