It means - that is the end, no more, finished. The expression is spoken with some conviction as you would not want your decision to be contradicted
"Going into detail would take hours, but, bottom line, you've got a problem."We use the idiom "bottom line" (coming from the bottom line of things like bills that tell us what we actually have to pay or do) to say, at the end of it all (in summary), what's going on or what's going to happen.
The correct idiomatic expression is "toe the line", not "a toe the line". It means to follow the rules or policies. Here is a sample sentence: Jim's refusal to toe the line was a source of friction between him and his superiors.
"Fall in line" is Standard idiomatic English, meaning to stand shoulder-to-shoulder in ranks.
Bottom Line The last line of a company's profit and loss ledger sheet. The bottom line usually refers to the net profit or loss of a company at any given time. The bottom line is a figurative term meaning "the basic information," "the essentials," as in "What's the bottom line of this situation?"
Bottom Line The last line of a company's profit and loss ledger sheet. The bottom line usually refers to the net profit or loss of a company at any given time. The bottom line is a figurative term meaning "the basic information," "the essentials," as in "What's the bottom line of this situation?"
Your economy of expression works to obfuscate your meaning, but I think you may be referring to a 'parallel' line.
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The expression "the bottom line" originates from accounting and financial reports, where it refers to the final line on a balance sheet that summarizes a company's net income or loss. This line provides a clear and concise summary of financial performance, hence the phrase evolved to signify the most important point or conclusion in any discussion. Over time, it has been adopted more broadly in everyday language to highlight the essential takeaway or outcome of a situation.
Bottom-line profits
................................... Dotted lines: a series of dots. "Sign on the dotted line." An expression meaning sign where indicated. it can also mean like this: ------------------------------------- but that would usually be called a dashed line
At the end of the day means "At the end" Example - "Sure, you could spend all day drinking Bud Light instead of mowing the yard, but at the end of the day then you'll just have a bunch of empty beer cans and a yard needing mowed" This expression, like the similar expressions "when all is said and done," or "the bottom line is...", or "all the evidence to the contrary notwithstanding..." or "No matter what you say, the fact remains that..." is used to refer to the final outcome of an operation or the final dismissal of an argument.
The bottom line of a shape is the base of the shape. For example, the bottom line of a pyramid is the base of the pyramid.