世よも末すえ

expression, noun

the end of the world; what is this world coming to; this degenerate age

A set phrase expressing despair or cynical astonishment at how bad things have become, as if the world is beyond saving. Often used as an exclamation or comment on current events.

• こんな事じ件けんが毎まい日にち起おきるなんて、世よも末すえだ。

  With incidents like this happening every day, it feels like the end of the world.

• 政せい治じ家かがあんな発はつ言げんをするとは、世よも末すえだな。

  When a politician says something like that, you really wonder what the world is coming to.