the end of the ball game



the end of the ball game

Fig. the end of some process; the end of life. Well, the car broke down. I guess that's the end of the ball game. It looked like the end of the ball game as we sped too fast around the curve.
See also: ball, end, game, of

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
IngaING-ah (Swedish), ING-gah (German), EEN-gah (Russian)Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic, Latvian, Lithuanian, German, Russian, Ancient Scandinavian, A
Benedita-Portuguese
Gyneth-Literature
Avtandil-Georgian, Literature
Ivo (2)-Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian
JepJEPEnglish (Archaic)