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
Keturahki-TOOR-ə (English), kee-TYOOR-ə (English)Biblical
Tiphaine-French
Mari (1)MAH-ree (Finnish), mah-REE (Swedish)Welsh, Breton, Estonian, Finnish, Hungarian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Weston['westən]
Claudia['klɔ:djə]
MinttuMEENT-tooFinnish