VOCABULARY - IDIOMS

The home stretch

Meaning:

The last part of a difficult work.

Examples:

  • All right, guys, this is the home stretch.
  • By then, Romero was in the home stretch of his path to beatification.
  • All right, guys, this is the home stretch.
  • We'll talk about Cabinet travel and ways we can be helpful in the home stretch.
  • Initiatives-coeur will sail to Les Sables d'Olonne for the home stretch before the start.
  • None of this is part of the new Treaty and I believe you are on the home stretch.
  • As we enter the home stretch leading to the century's end, European history and geography have converged.
  • The facts that have come to light over the past few months are confirmation for us that we were on the home stretch.
  • Today's celebration marks the beginning of the home stretch, but the finish is not in sight for another two years.
  • As we enter the home stretch of this marathon negotiating session, the anxieties of the parties are, understandably, intensifying.