No End In Sight (to something)

Meaning of Idiom ‘No End in Sight’

No end in sight means that one expects there to be no end to something; whatever is happening will never end. ¹Heacock, Paul. Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2010.

Examples Of Use

“The peace talks have been going on for years and yet there is no end in sight for the war.”

“There is no end in sight to our rapidly expanding population which means energy demands will continue to grow.”

Origin

Used since the early 1900’s.

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