What does be-all mean?
Be-all means (poetic) The whole; all that is to be..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(poetic) The whole; all that is to be..
That but this blow / Might be the be-all and the end-all!
Bowen also spoke of […] teaching her daughter to rely not just on a mother, but on a community. "No one person should try to be the be-all to another person. We must surround our children with people they can count on."
[…] to be happy with their lot in life, content with things as they are, things that may once have been be-alls and absolute end-alls but that lost their intoxication after five years, put them on automatic pilot after ten and became a prison after fifteen.
Use be-all when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Be-all means (poetic) The whole; all that is to be..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
That but this blow / Might be the be-all and the end-all!
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