事ことここに至いたる

expression, godan verb (-ru)

things have come to a point where nothing can be done

Fixed expression used when a situation has deteriorated beyond remedy. Often implies resignation or that all options are exhausted.

• 事ことここに至いたっては、もはや打うつ手てがない。

  Now that things have come to this, there is nothing more we can do.

• ことここに至いたるまで、誰だれも問もん題だいに気きづかなかった。

  Nobody noticed the problem until things reached this point.