beginning of the end
Downfall's first chapter
The beginning of the end is the point at which decline becomes inevitable, even if the final collapse is still distant.
It marks a turning point from which there's no recovery: The failed offensive was the beginning of the end for the regime.
The phrase acknowledges that endings are often processes rather than moments.
- last strawUltimate triggering incident
- last gaspFinal desperate attempt
- terminusFinal destination point
- tipping pointThreshold triggering major change
- thresholdPoint of beginning
slippery slope · downfall · resignation · death knell · kiss of death · sinking ship · domino effect · downward spiral · twilight · collapse · deterioration · final curtain · unraveling · house of cards · fall of Rome · nail in the coffin · decay · sunset
- declinedecline, in decline, decrease, downswing, on the decline
- doomdoomsday, impending doom, doom and gloom, doomed, sense of doom
beginning of the endfresh start
Opportunity to restart unburdened
new beginning · rebirth · renaissance · revival · turning point
beginning of the endopening chapter
Initial section of text
first act · rising action · inciting incident · prologue · inception
beginning of the endlight at the end of the tunnel
Indication difficulties will end
ray of hope · turning the corner · glimmer of hope · silver lining · green shoots
begin, beginning, beginnings, beginner, beginners, ending, endings, unending