"now this is not the end. it is not even the beginning of the end. but it is, perhaps,"とは 意味・読み方・使い方

“I've not finished it yet."—“Why not?"

"Have you finished?" "On the contrary I have not even begun yet."

It is not the means which matters, it is the end.

“Have you finished?"—“On the contrary, I haven't yet begun."

the ends are unobjectionable; it's the means that one can't accept

Whatever has a beginning also has an end.

There is no saying when it will end.

Science is a good thing, but it is not an end in itself; it is a means toward an end and that end is human betterment.

If things continue to go like this, it is unlikely to be completed by the end of this year.

There is no saying how it will end.

It's not as though the world is going to end if she leaves.

It's not as though the world is going to end if she leaves.

That still isn't over.

There is really no end.

The end is good, but the means is bad.

The end is still far distant

There is no end.

This is the end.

This is the end.

That just won't end.

I haven't finished with that yet.

That hasn't finished yet.

That still hasn't finished.

in Buddhism, the state where there is neither beginning nor end

That still won't finish.

That will never end.

That will never end.

That has already ended.

The world has not ended yet.

I don't know when that will end.