vägs ände
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]vägs (“road's”) + ände (“end”)
Noun
[edit]- (idiomatic, usually figuratively) the end of the road (often in the sense of having exhausted all possibilities or going away), (sometimes) the end of one's rope
- Vi har provat allt. Det känns som vi är vid vägs ände.
- We've tried everything. It feels like we're at the end of the road.
- Tyvärr har butiken nått vägs ände
- Unfortunately, the store has reached the end of the road (is closing)
Usage notes
[edit]Idiomatic in the sense that "vägens ände" (the end of the road) would be expected grammatically, like in English.