to never hear the end of it
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7.4
- idiom
- Informal
:
no dejarán de recordártelo
- Bobby says he will never hear the end of it.
- you know I'll never hear the end of it
Examples
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They never hear the end of it.
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We would never hear the end of it.
Blog text (12) -
We'll never hear the end of it.
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I never hear the end of it.
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I'll never hear the end of it.
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I'll never hear the end of it from you and from him.
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I bought him a bell for Christmas and I never hear the end of it!
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Oh, I'd never hear the end of it.
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I'd never hear the end of it.
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I'll never hear the end of it after I forgot to submit the report.
Synonyms
8
8.1
To be told again and again about something you did wrong in an angry way
Antonyms
How Often
Surface Forms
Morphology
never + hear + the + end + of + it
The phrase literally combines 'never' + 'hear' + 'the end of it' to convey that one will continually hear about something, so the meaning ('people will keep reminding/teasing you about it') is directly inferable from the constituents. This hyperbolic but compositional pattern is common cross-linguistically and follows normal English combinatory patterns, so a B1 learner who knows the words is likely to understand it.
Etymology
Never hear the end of it imagines someone talking about the same thing so much that you never reach the end and keep hearing it. That's why it means people will remind or tease you about something 'annoying' or 'embarrassing' for a long time.