living end, the

1. The utmost in any situation, something quite extraordinary, as in When he threw the stereo out the window—well, that was the living end! or That performance was the living end. [Colloquial; late 1930s]

Example Sentences

The Living End The Australian punk band plays songs from its seventh album, “Shift.”

From Washington Post

Their titles — “The Living End,” “The Doom Generation,” “Nowhere” and one that can’t be printed here — evoke the basic attitude, if not the full measure, of Mr. Araki’s furious wit.

From New York Times