the end of the line

Meaning

1. Oxford54% of films

   (to reach) the point at which sth can no longer continue in the same way

   And when you come to the end of the line with a buddy who is more than a brother and a little less than a wife,

   It's the end of the line.

2. Editorial23% of films

   the last stop on a bus, train, trolley, or boat route

3. Editorial15% of films

   the back of a queue of people waiting

In the movies · 25

• I think this is the end of the road.Interstellar2014
• Paddy... I believe it's the end of the road for you in the breedin' stakes.My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown1989
• And when you come to the end of the line with a buddy who is more than a brother and a little less than a wife,Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood2019
• * At the end of the lineThe Super Mario Bros. Movie2023
• It's the end of the line.Avengers: Age of Ultron2015
• The end of the line.Lord of War2005
• You've reached the end of the line!Toy Story 32010
• We're at the end of the line.My Fellow Americans1996

Learn it in full scenes

• Interstellar2014
  • The Ghost in Murph's Bookshelf
  • Cooper Stumbles Into Secret NASA
  • Cooper Says Goodbye to Murph
• The Super Mario Bros. Movie2023
  • Spike Mocks the Mario Brothers
  • Mario and Luigi's First Job
  • Mario's Family Doubts the Dream
• My Fellow Americans1996
  • Golf Talk Turns Awkward
  • The Missing Appointment Log
  • Tanner Summons the Presidents

From the same entry

• at the end of the day
• a bad end
• be at the end of
• be at the end of your tether
• be the end
• an end in itself
• the end justifies the means
• end of story
• end to end
• get your end away
• go to the ends of the earth
• in the end

More idioms

• one of those things
• give my love to
• have your eye on
• i like to think
• be in your blood
• what have you
• in the course of
• much as
• deep down
• to himself
• give a ring
• how do you do