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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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Cool_Lucky

Cool_Lucky

Ukraine

SO,ppl dont have this dead end never,because everything you can change in this life(If you wanna of course)so be happy and be strongWink

06:47 PM Mar 19 2009 |

Maira_from_KZ

Kazakhstan

She wouldn't be succesful.

04:07 PM Mar 19 2009 |

SAMER ALHOMSI

Syrian Arab Republic

i think if someone arrive to dead end he heat his life.

03:17 PM Mar 19 2009 |

fangfangli888

China

I hope i can find a good job when i graduate from BIT.I don't like a dead end job,so now i must study hard.

02:03 PM Mar 19 2009 |

miffoo

miffoo

Slovakia

Sometimes I feels like a dead end, but next day I feel much better.
Life is beautiful and don’t waste time thinking about bed things

01:50 PM Mar 19 2009 |

SÉRGIO

SÉRGIO

Brazil

The planet will possibilly be heading for a dead end if don't change anything!!

12:58 PM Mar 19 2009 |

nicole zhao

China

dead end, yes, if we didn’t try our best to study, work, we will meet this situation, so come one, baby, all of us didn’t want meet dead end the road, dead end of job, dead end of life…

12:38 PM Mar 19 2009 |

vaiva1001

Lithuania

In my opinion dead end means – the end of everything imposible :)

12:28 PM Mar 19 2009 |

Athan

Athan

China

Dead end is not frightening,but your heart are gonna get into a dead end tone is the most dangerous thing,and that is the real dead end.So we should always have faith in ourselves and take every effort to realize our dreams.

12:08 PM Mar 19 2009 |

Liem

Viet Nam

Dead end!What is Dead end!nothing.What a good life!How good life_ life good how???Cheer up!Minh Minh' minh` minh' minh…Dao` thi Nguyet Minh!Do you remember me?What's a canh' cut.A little girl's on the snow,shaking her..waist(butto..).My like will be dead end..

12:07 PM Mar 19 2009 |

rakeshxyzz

India

if i will get back in more than 2 or 3 papers in any semester in my b.tech carrer then it will be a dead end for me.

 

12:06 PM Mar 19 2009 |

fly_fly@live.cn

China

good words ,sometimes maybe it's true for me .but i think everyone can chang it if you want

10:50 AM Mar 19 2009 |

andysun

andysun

China

if my girlfriend leaves me and we can never see each other again,that willl be a dead end.

10:47 AM Mar 19 2009 |

Victoria G

Victoria GSuper Member!

United States

more and more companies are ending up in a dead end suffering from this crunch time

10:36 AM Mar 19 2009 |

passionatesailor

Christmas Island

Well,I think at least it's better than to be on the verge of despair .

10:19 AM Mar 19 2009 |

ble sky

Jordan

the greatest thing you will ever learn is just to love & be loved in return

09:49 AM Mar 19 2009 |

ble sky

Jordan

life sucks without education

and it dosent feel so good

09:46 AM Mar 19 2009 |

lover132

Saudi Arabia

learning is important to get a good job

08:48 AM Mar 19 2009 |

muyubaby80

China

i think my life is to be dead end now!my god!who can help me?

08:04 AM Mar 19 2009 |

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