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
KorbinKAWR-binEnglish (Modern)
Jalil-Arabic, Persian
SikkeSIK-kəFrisian
Anastasiyaah-nah-stah-SEE-yah (Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian)Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Bulgarian
Cynebald-Anglo-Saxon
Ingvar-Swedish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Danish