to the bitter end
01
直到苦涩的尽头, 坚持到底
up to the point where something faces its inevitable failure or fails to achieve any degree of success
idiom
例子
The soldiers held their ground to the bitter end.
士兵们坚守阵地到底。
02
(nautical) the inboard end of a line or cable especially the end that is wound around a bitt
