phrase

• 1The termination of life on the earth.

  ‘People screamed and flung themselves face down upon the earth fearing it was the end of the world.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘And we have become almost immune to those harbingers of doom who foretell the end of the world.’
  • ‘That was how the prophets of doom predicted the end of the world at midnight on the millennium.’
  • ‘The Earth and the inhabitants of the planet were preparing for the end of the world.’
  • ‘Interesting examples of this occur with doomsday cults, which set dates and times for the end of the world.’
  • ‘It had seemed like the end of the world, with explosions like one would picture with Armageddon.’

  1. 1.1 informal A complete disaster.
     More example sentences

     • ‘ it's not the end of the world if we draw’
     • ‘There will be some who will proclaim this result a disaster, the end of the world.’
     • ‘It would be great to make a million dollars but if we don't, that's not exactly the end of the world..’
     • ‘Leaving it a little more open-ended wouldn't be the end of the world.’
     • ‘Go back to read the Hansard report from 1954 when commercial television was being launched and the view then was that it was the end of the world.’
     • ‘A defeat on January 12, while not spelling the end of the world, would hardly do morale all that much good.’
     • ‘Lets face it - contrary to the hysteria - missing out on a first-round offer is not the end of the world.’
     • ‘Fear of failure is a bona fide force but, fall just once, and you'll see that failing is not the end of the world.’
     • ‘Relax, take a deep breath and remember, it's not the end of the world.’
     • ‘‘It was like the end of the world for the whole family, when this happened to Lydia,’ he said.’
     • ‘It's not the end of the world, it only really matters if I apply to grad school.’
     • ‘But by now you will all have gotten those dreaded results and you will know that it is not, in fact, the end of the world at all.’
     • ‘Suffering from diabetes does not have to mean the end of the world.’
     • ‘So defeat at Spurs last night was not the end of the world.’
     • ‘It's not the end of the world if everything doesn't work out to your expectations.’
     • ‘She learned that it wasn't the end of the world to try really hard to achieve something and then not win.’
     • ‘But it is not the end of the world - even though it feels like it right now!’
     • ‘It's also the end of the world if another actor is singled out for praise, especially if you have a similar-sized part.’