ends of the earth
4
4.5
- idiom
- Informal
:
los confines de la tierra
- And I will go to the ends of the earth to get it done.
Yeah, Next year's plans, we'll keep them sort of under wraps, but it's going to involve going to the ends of the Earth, literally.
- Yeah, Next year's plans, we'll keep them sort of under wraps, but it's going to involve going to the ends of the Earth, literally.
- That mystery would take over the rest of Claire Patterson's life and bring him to the literal ends of the earth.
- Some of those who went to the ends of the earth were Robert Scott, Roald Amundsen, and Ernest Shackleton.
- I mean, I feel that way a lot with my family, that I love them to the end of the earth, but there are moments where I just don't like them.
- And I will go to the ends of the earth to get it done.
- I don't want to receive them, no thank you, but I will go to the ends of the earth to get you the perfect gift.
- We're all on a hamster wheel looking for love on Mars and going to the ends of the Earth when it's all right here.
- Do governments create clouds for you to stop seeing the end of the earth?
- Is the southernmost post office right at the end of the earth?
- Noah Holly, the wonderful Noah Holly who I'd I'd go to the ends of the earth to work with that guy again.
Examples
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And he just is, he goes to the ends of the earth for his son.
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I don't want to receive them, no thank you, but I will go to the ends of the earth to get you the perfect gift.
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l will find you, my love, if l must ride to the ends of the earth to do so.
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If I have to travel to the ends of the earth, I will find you!
Fiction book (2002) -
I will hunt you to the ends of the earth, day and night.
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I will chase you to the ends of the earth!
Fiction book (1999) -
"I'll follow you to the ends of the earth.
Fiction book (1990) -
That I will go to the ends of the earth for someone I admire?
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We'll follow them to the farthest ends of the earth, if needs be.
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I would travel to the ends of the earth if it meant bringing you happiness.
Synonyms
5
7.6
A very remote place far from people with a dramatic view
2
7.2
A very distant place that seems at the limit of the world
1
9.9
A very remote place far from towns and cities
To travel to a distant place to find adventure
A very distant place beyond the known world
Antonyms
How Far
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to any extreme or remote place' is directly inferable from combining 'ends' (extremities/limits) with 'Earth' (the world); the phrase denotes the world's farthest points and is a straightforward spatial/metaphorical extension. This construction is common across languages, so an average B1 learner who knows the constituent words will likely understand the intended sense.
Etymology
The phrase ends of the earth comes from the old picture of the world having far edges — the ends of the earth — like the most distant corners on a map. So, saying you would go to the ends of the earth means you would travel 'very far' or do anything to reach a goal.