you will see the last of me

[alpacinou]

Hello

I learned a new idiom today:

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/hear-see-the-last-of-sth

Can I use it to talk about myself?

Are these sentences correct?

1. If you ever disrespect me again, you will see the last of me.
2. I want to break up with you. You have seen the last of me.

 

[alpacinou]

I searched the dictionaries, but I did not find any examples similar to the ones I have written myself.

 

[emsr2d2]

It's unusual, but not impossible, to use it to refer to yourself.

If you disrespect me again, that'll be the last you [ever] see of me.
She thought I was joking but I left that day and never went back. That was the last she saw of me.

It is, however, much more common to use it to refer to someone else.

He's gone. Thank god for that! Hopefully, that'll be the last we see of him.
As soon as I suggested that they help with the clearing up, they scarpered. That was the last we saw of them! Cheeky so-and-sos!

 

[alpacinou]

Thanks as always. And what if I intend to give news?

You have crossed a red line and disrespected my family. I am packing to leave. You have seen the last of me.

 

[Tarheel]

Thanks as always. And what if I intend to give news?

You have crossed a red line and disrespected my family. I am packing to leave. You have seen the last of me.

That's fine, but it's not giving news. It's making a statement.

 

[alpacinou]

That's fine, but it's not giving news. It's making a statement.

Great! I love it!:up:

 

[SoothingDave]

I've only seen this used in the negative "You haven't seen the last of me!"

 

[emsr2d2]

Thanks as always. And what if I intend to give news?

You have crossed a red line and disrespected my family. I am packing to leave. You have seen the last of me.

In that context, I'd use the present/future:

I'm packing to leave. This is the last you'll see of me.

 

[GoesStation]

I'm packing to leave. This is the last you'll see of me.

That's a great opportunity to dust off the fine old line I'll never darken your door again.