Bitter End

Domain	Definitions
Food & Agriculture	The inboard end of the anchor cable. It is usually rove through a ring at the bottom of the chain locker and brought up and made fast to a beam or other accessible place by a sliphook or lashing, which admits of easy slipping if required. Source: European Union. (references)
Literature	Bitter End (The ). A outrance; with relentless hostility; also applied to affliction, as, "she bore it to the bitter end," meaning to the last stroke of adverse fortune. "All Thy waves have gone over me, but I have borne up under them to the bitter end." Here "bitter end" means the end of the rope. The "bitter-end" is a sea term meaning "that part of the cable which is "abaft the bitts." When there is no windlass the cables are fastened to bitts, that is, pieces of timber so called; and when a rope is payed out to the bitter-end, or to these pieces of timber, all of it is let out, and no more remains. However, we read in Prov. v. 4, "Her end is bitter as wormwood," which, after all, may be the origin of the phrase. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Modern Usage: Bitter End

Domain	Usage
Lyrics	Until the bitter end (Honesty; performing artist: Billy Joel) To the bitter end, through the thick and thin (Tell Me It's Real; performing artist: K-Ci & JoJo) Til the bitter end (Never Too Far; performing artist: Mariah Carey)
Movie/TV Titles	Bitter End of a Sweet Night (1962) Cheeks 2: The Bitter End (1989) From the Bitter End (1986)
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Commercial Usage: Bitter End

Domain	Title
Books	The Bitter End : Hanging Out at America's Nightclub (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Tommy James & Shondells - Live at the Bitter End (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Out of This World: Live at the Bitter End [LIVE] (reference) The At the Bitter End [LIVE] (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
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Familiar Quotations: Bitter End

Non-Fiction Usage: Bitter End

Subject	Topic	Quote
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	SYCOPHANT, n. One who approaches Greatness on his belly so that he may not be commanded to turn and be kicked. He is sometimes an editor. As the lean leech, its victim found, is pleased To fix itself upon a part diseased Till, its black hide distended with bad blood, It drops to die of surfeit in the mud, So the base sycophant with joy descries His neighbor's weak spot and his mouth applies, Gorges and prospers like the leech, although, Unlike that reptile, he will not let go. Gelasma, if it paid you to devote Your talent to the service of a goat, Showing by forceful logic that its beard Is more than Aaron's fit to be revered; If to the task of honoring its smell Profit had prompted you, and love as well, The world would benefit at last by you And wealthy malefactors weep anew -- Your favor for a moment's space denied And to the nobler object turned aside. Is't not enough that thrifty millionaires Who loot in freight and spoliate in fares, Or, cursed with consciences that bid them fly To safer villainies of darker dye, Forswearing robbery and fain, instead, To steal (they call it "cornering") our bread May see you groveling their boots to lick And begging for the favor of a kick? Still must you follow to the bitter end Your sycophantic disposition's trend, And in your eagerness to please the rich Hunt hungry sinners to their final ditch? In Morgan's praise you smite the sounding wire, And sing hosannas to great Havemeyher! What's Satan done that him you should eschew? He too is reeking rich -- deducting you.
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Expression: Bitter End

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Bitter End

Modern Translations: Bitter End

Language		Translations for "bitter end"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		deri në fund (to the bitter end), deri mbarim (to the bitter end). (various references)

Arabic		‏حتى النفس الأخير (to the bitter end), ‏حتى النهاية الأليمة (to the bitter end). (various references)

Bulgarian		докрай (right, to the bitter end, to the utterance, up), до смъртта (to the bitter end), до последна възможност (to the bitter end, to the utterance). (various references)

French		jusqu'au bout (to the bitter end). (various references)

Greek		μέχρι τέλοσ (to the bitter end), μέχρι τέλους (to the last, until the bitter end). (various references)

Hebrew		ע�" חורמ�" (to the bitter end), ע�" �"סוף �"מר (to the bitter end). (various references)

Hungarian		végsőkig (to the bitter end, to the very end), a végsőkig harcoltak (they fought to the bitter end). (various references)

Indonesian		sehabis-habisnya (to the bitter end, to the utmost). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		戦い抜く (to fight to the bitter end). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		たたかいぬく (to fight to the bitter end). (various references)

Pig Latin		itterbay enday

Romanian		pânã la capãt (to the bitter end, to the end, to the upshot). (various references)

Russian		самый конец (tag end). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		do samog kraja (end: to the bitter end). (various references)

Spanish		hasta que no quede rastro (to the bitter end), hasta la muerte (to the bitter end). (various references)

Turkish		acı son, ölüm (capital, deadly, death, decease, demise, departure, dissolution, doom, dying, end, ending, exit, killing, kiss off, last, latter end, longed-for rest, mortuary, necro-, obituary, passing, passing away, quietus, rest, sleep, the great divide, the grim reaper, the reaper, tomb). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Bitter End

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-d-e-e-i-n-r-t-t"
	-1 letter: bittered, interbed, retinted.
	-2 letters: bittern, dinette, inbreed, nettier, tentier, trident.
	-3 letters: bender, betide, betted, better, binder, bitted, bitten, bitter, brined, denier, detent, dieter, endite, entire, inbred, nereid, netted, netter, rebind, reedit, reined, rented, retied, retine, retint, retted, rident, tender, tented, tenter, tentie, tiered, tinder, tinted, tinter, triene, trined.
	-4 letters: beret, bider, bidet, biter, brede.
	Words containing the letters "b-d-e-e-i-n-r-t-t"
	+3 letters: unembittered.
	+4 letters: rattlebrained.
	+5 letters: butterfingered, indestructible, scatterbrained.
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Alternative Orthography: Bitter End

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

42 69 74 74 65 72 45 6E 64

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000010 01101001 01110100 01110100 01100101 01110010 00100000 01000101 01101110 01100100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 0069 0074 0074 0065 0072 0045 006E 0064

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

Author	Quotation
Samuel Butler	Eating is touch carried to the bitter end.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expression	Frequency per Day
bitter end	109
bitter end yacht club	52
bitter end placebo	18
bitter end lyrics placebo	13
bitter end lyrics	10
bitter end nyc	9
bitter end new york	7
bitter end resort	6
austin bitter end	5
bitter end tab	2
bitter end ny	2
bitter end gorda virgin	2
bitter end mp3 placebo	2
bitter end placebo tab	2
bitter end bvi	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expression using "bitter end": to the bitter end. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Bitter End

Definitions: Bitter End

Bitter End

Noun

Specialty Definitions: Bitter End

Crosswords: Bitter End

Modern Usage: Bitter End

Lyrics

Movie/TV Titles

Commercial Usage: Bitter End

Books

Theater & Movies

Music

Familiar Quotations: Bitter End

Samuel Butler

Non-Fiction Usage: Bitter End

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

Expression: Bitter End

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Bitter End

Modern Translations: Bitter End

Albanian

Arabic

Bulgarian

French

Greek

Hebrew

Hungarian

Indonesian

Japanese Kanji

Japanese Katakana

Pig Latin

Romanian

Russian

Serbo-Croatian

Spanish

Turkish

Anagrams: Bitter End

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Alternative Orthography: Bitter End

42 69 74 74 65 72 45 6E 64

01000010 01101001 01110100 01110100 01100101 01110010 00100000 01000101 01101110 01100100

&#66 &#105 &#116 &#116 &#101 &#114 &#32 &#69 &#110 &#100

0042 0069 0074 0074 0065 0072 0045 006E 0064

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