business end of something

business end (of something)

n. the dangerous end of something; the part of something that does something as opposed to the part one holds on to. Harry burned himself on the business end of a soldering iron.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Sabahudin	-	Bosnian
Edmond	-	French
Rasmus	RAHS-moos	Danish, Swedish, Norwegian
Carson	['ka:sn]
Fruzsina	FROOZH-ee-naw	Hungarian
AscensiÓN	ah-then-SYON (Spanish), ah-sen-SYON (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish