living end, the



living end, the

The utmost in any situation, something quite extraordinary, as in When he threw the stereo out the window-well, that was the living end! or That performance was the living end. [Colloquial; late 1930s]
See also: living

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Arsenius-Ancient Greek (Latinized)
EdvinED-vin (Swedish), ED-veen (Finnish)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian
AndieAN-deeEnglish
Tamela-English
FernFURNEnglish
Ludvig-Swedish, Norwegian, Danish