the be-all and end-all

the be-all and end-all
(the be-all and (the) end-all (of))
1) то, что заполняет жизнь, всё в жизни [шекспировское выражение; см. цитату]

Macbeth: "If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well It were done quickly. If the assassination Could trammel up the consequence, and catch With his surcease, success; that but this blow Might be the be-all and the end-all here. But here, upon this bank and shoal of time, - We'd jump the life to come. " (W. Shakespeare, ‘Macbeth’, act I, sc. 7) — Макбет: "Когда конец кончал бы все, - как просто! Все кончить сразу! Если бы убийство Могло свершиться и отсечь при этом Последствия, так чтоб одним ударом Все завершилось и кончалось здесь, Вот здесь, на этой отмели времен, - Мы не смутились бы грядущей жизнью. " (перевод М. Лозинского)

My worries fell from me, the personal affairs of Paul Kelver ceased to appear the be-all and the end-all of the universe. (J. K. Jerome, ‘Paul Kelver’, book II, ch. X) — Я перестал тревожиться. Личные дела Поля Келвера перестали казаться мне самыми важными делами на свете.

He had learned... that personal connections were almost the be-all and the end-all in finance. (Th. Dreiser, ‘The Financier’, ch. XII) — Он узнал... что в финансовом мире почти все зависит от личных связей.

2) наивысшее достижение, вершина, венец

The Burns clubs, however, have regarded Burns as the be-all and end-all of poetry and refused to tolerate anything that was not an obvious imitation of Burns. — Однако литературные клубы почитателей Бернса считают творчество Бернса вершиной поэзии и относятся нетерпимо к поэтам, не подражающим ему.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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