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dead end

dead end

Date: Mar 19 2009

Quote

1. Quote - Listen to the quote and guess what the slang means.

“If I did not have my education, I would be in a bad situation. I would probably be a bad money manager and I would be heading for a dead end.”

-Tennis star Serena Williams on why education is important to her. (bet.com)

Definition

1. Definition - Study the definition.

hopeless situation; stuck position

2. Use - Learn how the slang is used.

Tennis player Serena Williams has made over $20 million and won 10 grand slam tournaments as a pro tennis player. She is one of the highest-ranked female tennis players out there. And she hasn’t shown any signs of slowing down recently. Her life is the opposite of a dead end.

But Serena says that she could be heading for a dead end if she hadn’t gotten a good education. She wouldn’t know how to take care of her money, so she would probably make bad decisions. She might even end up broke, in spite of the millions she’s made playing tennis. If that happened, she would be stuck in a very bad position.

The term dead end is often used to describe a street that doesn’t go through or has no exit. When you get to the end of a dead end road, you can’t go any farther. You’re stuck. So the expression dead end can also be used to describe life situations that feel hopeless. A dead end job, for instance, is a job that offers no opportunity to move up to a better position or higher salary.

Serena Williams doesn’t have to worry about ending up in a dead end job. In fact, she probably wouldn’t have to work another day in her life if she didn’t want to. Too bad the rest of us can’t all be so lucky.

Examples

1. Examples - Hear some example sentences.

“Their relationship stopped moving forward. It turned into a dead end.”

“He is depressed at work because he has a dead end job.”

“Sometimes my life feels like a dead end, and I worry that nothing will ever change.”

Winners

1. Winners - See who guessed the slang definition correctly.

VOLTS It means a situation where it is impossible get progress.
by VOLTSSuper Member!
DaisyP a situation without any possible further progress
by DaisyP
Turmeric Nowhere to go futher, hopeless situation
by Turmeric
Annadani A situation without a way out, I guess!
by Annadani
a future with hopeless.
by CatherineVanilla
lalobrown Having no possibiliy of progress.
by lalobrown
atheena situation when there is no way out
by atheena
maybe there won`t be anyway for her to find solve problem
by maryfrommars
ali_nasri dead end means that something has no future!
by ali_nasri
enricobe a situation in which further progress is impossible
by enricobe
schytrierz i think it's a condition which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible.^^
by schytrierz
levitabris a situation that left people no options but to fail
by levitabris
siyma alley, a work without perspectives
by siyma
dofkele15 Dead end means a situation without any hope to solve it
by dofkele15
blake84 not a good end,not successful
by blake84
naderos An end of a passage, such as a street or pipe, that affords no exit
by naderos
sofree In this case, 'dead end' means having no future.
by sofree

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Sarayan

Sarayan

China

if i lose confience in living a happy life.then there will be nothing left to me but the dead end 

07:19 AM Mar 19 2009 |

buttercat

China

Eating too much bread with no water made my stomach dead end

05:06 AM Mar 19 2009 |

jiahui.lei

jiahui.lei

China

there're many distractions which turn my study into a dead end.

03:23 AM Mar 19 2009 |

mukashi

mukashi

Myanmar

I thought I had an excellent father. Finally I understood that I had had dead end father.I have tried many times  not to angry him. To be honest , I am really really disappointed him now.

03:00 AM Mar 19 2009 |

icanhw

China

Even though I had enough education, under such ecomonical crisis, there seems to be a dead end for your career, at least not happy end

02:19 AM Mar 19 2009 |

deepalijain

India

if your life  is going towards where you don't like, you are not enjoyig  you'r not happy you feel like whats going on.that menas its turning into dead end…

01:46 AM Mar 19 2009 |

Vivian83

Vivian83

Taiwan

I think I have a dead end job, so I want to study aboard to get a better job in the future! Smile

12:45 AM Mar 19 2009 |

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