rainbow's end

plural rainbow's ends

1. countablefigurativelyuncountableSynonym of at the end of the rainbow

   Who has not heard in childhood, with wonder inexpressible, of the traditional bags of gold at the evanescent rainbow's ends?

   1903, James Hampton Lee, Gold from Life's Rainbows, Short Stories and Sweet Songs

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   Running after the riches of this world for the purpose of happiness, is like a child seeking for pretty things at the rainbow's end, which seems to be just in the adjoining field.

   1846, George W. Henry, Incidents in the Life of George W. Henry, Up to the 46th Year of His Age, Together with His Religious Experience: to which is Added a Number of Choice Hymns and Popular Odes, with Accompanying Music, page 67

   Some say San Diego's recent growth strains morality; if the growth-quality proprieties are not restored, the rainbow's end will become only a tantalizing vision, visible but inaccessible.

   1992, Michael Grant, Charles William Ross, San Diego Tapestry, page 123

   Synonyms: at the end of the rainbow