Today we're going to delve into an idiom that I've been meaning to write about for a long time, but only remembered to put on my “to-do” list yesterday.This idiom is pleasing to the eye on the edge!
at the last stop
It's almost over/It's almost over
Imagine taking a sip from your water bottle and tipping it over, only to find some drop (drop) left. Likewise, “at the Drops” in this idiom means that something is coming to an end, such as a bottle of wine or a person's life, or that an event is coming to an end.
This bottle of wine is almost gone! Do we have another one?
This bottle of wine is almost finished! Do we have another one?
My uncle has stage 4 cancer.everyone says that It's already dying at this point.
My uncle has stage 4 cancer. Everyone said his time was running out.
Heather Broster is a graduate with honors in linguistics from the University of Western Ontario. She is an aspiring polyglot, fluent in English and Italian, as well as varying degrees of fluency in Japanese, Welsh and French. Originally from Toronto, Heather has lived in several countries, notably Italy for six years. Her main research areas are language acquisition, education and bilingual teaching.
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