to the bitter end

to the bitter end
to the bitter end & till the bitter end
Fig. to the very end. (Originally nautical. This originally had nothing to do with bitterness.) •

I'll stay till the bitter end.

It took me a long time to get through school, but I worked hard at it all the way to the bitter end.

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{adv. phr.} To the point of completion or conclusion. - Used especially of a very painful or unpleasant task or experience. * /Although Mrs. Smith was bored by the lecture, she stayed to the bitter end./ * /They knew the war would be lost, but the men fought to the bitter end./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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