go the distance

المعنى

to keep going until the end of something difficult

المثابرة حتى نهاية أمر صعب.

أمثلة

1. 1Few people thought their marriage would go the distance, but they've just celebrated forty years.
2. 2It's a tough course, and only half the students go the distance.
3. 3Leo started three novels last year, but none of them went the distance; he gave up after chapter two.
4. 4Do you think the new coffee shop will go the distance, or close within a year like the last one?
5. 5The diploma took three years of evening classes, and only Priya went the distance.

القواعد

الفعل go غير منتظم: went، gone. تبقى the distance مفردة. يأتي كثيرا بعد will أو can أو manage to.