last roundup
Language: en
Meaning: (chieflyUS,idiomatic)Afinalgatheringof people or items; the finaleventin a series of events involving a group or organization.1998March 2, Bob Levey, “Last Week to Send Your Grocery Receipts”, inWashington Post, retrieved1 November 2021:It'slast rounduptime, my fellow grocery patrons. On Saturday, the receipt redemption programs operated by Giant Food and Safeway ended after a 5 1/2-month run.2003March 26, Eric Gwinn, “Television: Sun shines on cops, doctors, but has long set on cowboys”, inChicago Tribune, retrieved1 November 2021:[B]y the 1964-65 season, the number of adult westerns had dwindled to seven. That was the genre'slast roundup.2011September 29,Dan Shaughnessy, “Baseball: Red Sox make unwanted history”, inBoston Globe, retrieved1 November 2021:This might have been thelast roundupfor Papelbon, Tim Wakefield, Jason Varitek, Big Papi, J.D. Drew, Miss Heidi, and several of the others you’ve loved all these years.; (chieflyUS,idiomatic,euphemistic)Death.1973December 30, Guy Flatley, “Cowboy or Cop, Wayne Never Wanes”, inNew York Times, retrieved1 November 2021:So Duke is 66. But don't kid yourself that he's headed for thelast roundup—even though it may have looked that way a while back when he surrendered a lung to cancer.1977, Bill Reed,Dogod, Thomas Nelson (Australia) (reprinted 2015 by Reed Independent):[H]e swears that Jelf is going to beat him to thelast roundupin the sky.2006July 8, “Bullish on life”, inLos Angeles Times, retrieved1 November 2021:[N]ot everyone who runs with the bulls is young, male, drunk and stupid.[…]It also is a way for people of a certain age to do something extraordinary before theirlast roundup.
Examples:EN: I'm headed for the last roundup.
ES: Me dirijo hacia el último recuento.
ES: Me dirijo hacia el último recuento.
EN: The Reynolds advertising agency is headed for the last roundup.
ES: La agencia de publicidad Reynolds se dirige a su última etapa.
EN: This is the last roundup for Stacey.
ES: Es la última redada de Stacey.
EN: - He's heading for the last roundup.
ES: - Va directo al desastre.
EN: I'm heading for the last roundup
ES: Me dirijo al último rodeo
EN: You're heading for the last roundup, Shame, because of your greed and your avarice.
ES: Te diriges a la última detención, Shame, por tu codicia y tu avaricia.
EN: Frank, you got enough rope here for the last roundup.
ES: Tienes sufiiciente cuerda para un rodeo.
EN: This is it, the last roundup.
ES: Eso es, la última recogida.
EN: Well, I guess it is up to I to speak at Fuzzy's last roundup.
ES: Así que me toca a mí hablar en el último rodeo de Fuzzy.
EN: Adios, muchachos, it's the last roundup.
ES: Adiós, muchachos, es el último rodeo.
EN: This is the last roundup!
ES: ¡Es nuestro último rodeo!
EN: ♪ I'm headin' for the last roundup ♪
ES: *Me dirijo al último rodeo*
EN: ♪ I'm heading for the last roundup ♪
ES: *Me dirijo al último rodeo*
EN: Heading for the last roundup (July 1953) --
HI: आखिरी चट्टान तक (1953 ई०)
EN: What if this was his last roundup?
ID: Bagaimana jika ini adalah akhir hayatnya?
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