单词 | to the bitter end |
释义 | to the bitter endUsed to indicate that one will continue doing something until it is finished, no matter what: the workers would fight to the bitter end...
Perhaps associated with a nautical word bitter denoting the last part of a cable inboard of the bitts, perhaps influenced by the biblical phrase ‘her end is bitter as wormwood’ (Prov. 5:4) See parent entry: bitter |
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