[end of the road] or [end of the line] {n. phr.} The final resultor end ; the condition that comeswhen you can do no more.
He had left a trail of forgery anddishonesty across seven states; he had got out of each trouble with anew trick. Now the police had caught up with him, and it was the endof the road.
«When I get to the end of the line,» Jones thought,»I’d like my children to like and respect me still.»
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Значение идиомы end of the road