the end (unpleasant, unendurable)

[Mnemon]

Is this use of the slang term "the end" current in English?

Donald, you really are the absolute end.

 

[emsr2d2]

I've heard it and used it in BrE.

 

[Skrej]

I've not encountered it in AmE.

 

[Mnemon]

I've not encountered it in AmE.

It seems that the slang term is used in a rather different way in AE.

the end
n. the final insult; too much; the last straw.
- When she poured her drink down my back, that was the end.

McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006

Does it ring any bells for you?

 

[Tdol]

I've not encountered it in AmE.

We also say the living end in BrE. Do you have that?

 

[Skrej]

It seems that the slang term is used in a rather different way in AE.
Does it ring any bells for you?

I'd probably say "that was the end of it", but it's not an expression I personally use.

We also say the living end in BrE. Do you have that?

I've never heard it in AmE. We do use the (adjective?) 'living' as an intensifier, though.

You scared the living daylight(s) out of me.
John is about to beat the living crap out of Mike.

 

[probus]

I've heard it and used it in BrE.

Same here in Canada.

 

[jutfrank]

I can't say I'm familiar with this.

 

[Rover_KE]

We also say the living end in BrE.

In all my years, that has never impinged upon my consciousness.