boyfriend
A male friend or companion.
"John and his boyfriends have gone to the ball game," said his mother.
A girl's steady date, a woman's favorite man friend; a male lover or sweetheart.
Jane's new boyfriend is a senior in high school.
burn the candle at both ends
To work or play too hard without enough rest; get too tired.
He worked hard every day as a lawyer and went to parties and dances every night; he was burning the candle at both ends.
come to a dead end
come to an end
To reach a point from which one cannot proceed further, either because of a physical obstacle or because of some forbidding circumstance.
Our car came to a dead end; the only way to get out was to drive back in reverse.
The factory expansion project came to a dead end because of a lack of funds.
To end, to stop.
This idiom is used with finally and never when some activity lasts too long.
This idiom is used with finally and never when some activity lasts too long.
The meeting finally came to an end at ten o’clock in the evening.
Even though my friend seemed to enjoy the movie, I thought that it would never come to an end.
count on
depend on
To depend on; rely on; trust someone in time of need.
Зависеть от кого-либо; расчитывать на кого-либо.
The team was counting on Joe to win the race.
I'll do it; you know you can count on me.
The company was counting on Brown's making the right decision.
"If you need help, you can count on me."
"Если тебе нужна помощь, ты можешь рассчитывать на меня."
I can count on my parents to help me in an emergency.
Don't depend on Frank to lend you any money; he doesn't have any.
dead-end
A street closed at one end; a situation that leads nowhere.
Jim drove into a dead-end street and had to back out.
Mary was in a dead-end job.
To not continue normally but end in a closure (said of streets).
Our street dead-ends on the lake.
drive one round the bend
To upset someone so much that they think they are going crazy.
"Slow down, please," Miss Jones cried. "You are driving me around the bend!"
end for end
In a reversed or opposite position (as upside down or backwards); the other way around; over.
The box turned end for end as it fell, and everything spilled out.
The wind caught the canoe and turned it end for end.
end in itself
Something wanted for its own sake; a purpose, aim, or goal we want for itself alone and not as a way to something else.
The miser never spent his gold because for him it was an end in itself.