Anticlimax Phrases

Phrases

• 101 Dalmatians (Disney cartoon and Glenn Close movie)
• A close thing
• A good beginning makes a good ending
• A means to an end
• All good things must come to an end
• At a loose end
• At close quarters
• At the end of a gun
• At the end of the day
• At the end of your rope
• At the end of your tether
• At your wits' end
• Bring to an end
• Business end
• Can't see beyond the end of your nose
• Cheer up, it's not the end of the world
• Classic Hollywood ending
• Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Richard Dreyfuss movie)
• Close call
• Close enough for government work
• Close enough for jazz
• Close friends
• Close of play
• Close proximity
• Close quarters
• Close ranks
• Close shave
• Close the books
• Close to home
• Close to the bone
• Close to the mark
• Close your eyes and think of England
• Close, but no cigar
• Closing price
• Come to a sticky end
• Dangerous Liaisons (Glenn Close movie)
• Dead end
• Don't Stand So Close To Me (Police song)
• Don't close your eyes for a minute
• Doubt is the beginning not the end of wisdom
• Draw to a close
• End in itself
• End of a perfect day
• End of an era
• End of story
• End of the ball game
• End of the line
• End product
• End up at
• Fairytale ending (a happy simplistic ending to a story similar to those found in fairy tales)
• Fatal Attraction (Glenn Close / Michael Douglas movie)
• Foregone conclusion
• Get hold of the wrong end of the stick
• Get to the end of your tether
• Get your end away
• Go off the deep end
• Have your hair stand on end
• Holding your cards close to your chest
• It will all end in tears
• It's The End Of The World As We Know It (R.E.M. song)
• Journey's end
• Jump to the wrong conclusion
• Keep your end up
• Keep your friends close, keep your enemies closer (proverbial saying)
• Know which end is up
• Light at the end of the tunnel
• Makes your hair stands on end
• Never hear the end of it
• Ninth inning (A baseball expression meaning an event or process is near the end)
• No end of
• Not the beginning of the end, but the end of the beginning
• On the receiving end
• Put an end to
• Sail close to the wind
• Shallow end
• Shit (or short) end of the stick
• Short end of the stick
• The Blue End State (Nickname of the US state of Delaware)
• The End Of The World (Nickname of Anchorage Alaska)
• The be all and end all
• The beginning of the end
• The bitter end
• The deep end
• The end of civilization as we know it
• The end of the road
• The end of the world is nigh
• The light at the end of the tunnel may just be a train coming the other way
• The means to an end
• The pot of gold at the end of the rainbow
• The shit end of the stick
• The short end of the stick
• The thick end of
• The war to end wars
• Thin end of the wedge
• Thrown in at the deep end
• Till the end of time
• Too close for comfort
• Too close to call
• Toward this end
• Up close and personal
• World without end