end of the ball game

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.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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