the beginning of the end

成語所屬單字beginning

the beginning of the end — 慣用語

1. The first clear sign that something is about to finish or fail.

1.慣用語
釋義

結束的開端

The first clear sign that something is about to finish or fail.

例句

The company's loss of its biggest client was the beginning of the end.

Did the argument mark the beginning of the end for their friendship?