fag end

• Terme britannique informel désignant la dernière partie ou le reste de quelque chose, souvent utilisé pour un mégot de cigarette ou la partie finale la moins souhaitable d'un événement ou d'un objet.

An informal British term referring to the last part or remnant of something, often used for the butt of a cigarette or the final, least desirable portion of an event or object.

1. C1informalbritish

   The last or remaining part of something, often considered the least valuable or most unpleasant.

   Reste

   • We only caught the fag end of the movie.
   • He was left with the fag end of the work.
   • She lived in the fag end of the village.

2. Cigarette buttB2informalbritish

   The unsmoked end of a cigarette.

   Mégot de cigarette

   • He stubbed out his fag end in the ashtray.
   • The street was littered with fag ends.
   • She picked up the fag end from the floor.