End of path, road: the end of one’s life, the boundary of what one already knows or has done; end of a relationship (especially if walking with person). End of tunnel, cave, finding the way out of a difficult or depressed stage of life. End of table, queue: feeling left out, unconsidered, forgotten; putting oneself last. End of garden, room, road: can be used to show polarity or opposites, as in following. Example: ‘1 found myself alone in the garden at the far end of the house near the stables’ (MM). Here the end’ relates to being alone, as opposed to being in the house with people. Idioms: at an end, end of one’s tether, wits’ end; end of the day, be the end of; a sticky end; dead end, the deep end; end it all, end of the line; both ends meet; not the end of the world; loose ends; to no end; light at the end of the tunnel.
See also: cul de sac. [1]
A situation which may have given us problems is coming to a successful conclusion.
To be at the end can mean the subconscious and death. [2]
hearing the, of something: are highly motivated to take on a new project.
others, of: recovery from the defeat of outmoded attitudes.
watching the, of a play: a difficult predicament needs resolution.
world, of the: extreme emotional conflict. [8]