1. Ý Nghĩa
On end: tiếp tục thực hiện trong một khoảng thời gian dài mà không bị gián đoạn. Nó thường được sử dụng kết hợp với các giới từ như “for” hoặc “all” để nhấn mạnh thời lượng hoặc mức độ của sự liên tục.
2. Ví dụ/Examples
Thiếm 8: Blood hell, You’ve heard that racket at night? It’s doing my head in!
Dì Tư: Seriously, don’t even get me started! That bloke next door thinks they’re the next singing sensation or something.
Thiếm 8: Seriously! Every bleeding night, it’s like a never-ending concert in their apartment.
Dì Tư: And the worst part is, the singing is proper awful. It’s like they’re butchering every song they attempt. It’s been going on for hours on end.
Thiếm 8: I mean, I’m all for people expressing themselves, but at this hour? That’s bang out of order!
Dì Tư: You’re spot on, mate! Like who on earth wants to listen to off-key singing when they’re trying to get their beauty sleep?
Thiếm 8: They have no consideration, I tell you. It’s like they’re performing on stage, and we’re their captive audience. I’ve tried everything to drown out the noise—earplugs, white noise machines—but nothing seems to work. That voice’s haunting me as hell!
Dì Tư: Ugh, tell me about it. I’ve thought about knocking on their door and politely having a chat, but something tells me they’d just laugh it off, the cheeky bugger.
Thiếm 8: Aw, bummer!
She spent hours on end studying for her tests.
Throughout their summer break, the kids played games for days on end.
Despite the heavy downpour, they played soccer for hours on end, not letting it dampen their spirits.
For minutes on end, the dog barked, breaking the neighborhood’s peacefulness.
He worked tirelessly, day and night, for months on end to finish the building project.
She was laughing and chatting with her friends for hours on end at the party.