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beam-ends npl (Naut) cabezas fpl de los baos (de un buque) she was on her beam-ends
to be close to complete failure or destruction: When we returned to camp we found them on their beam ends, sick and starving. The church is on its beam ends and can no longer be relied on as a sponsor of the arts.
The meaning of BEAM-ENDS is the ends of a ship's beams.
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Hard up; in a bad situation. What's the origin of the phrase 'On your beam ends'? The beams here are the horizontal transverse timbers of ships. This nautical phrase came about with the allusion to the danger of imminent capsize if the beam ends were touching the water.
on (one's) beam-ends. In a precarious and/or desperate situation. The phrase was originally used to describe the tilted position of a ship before it capsizes. My sister's on her beam-ends now that she's lost her job—I might have to lend her some money so she doesn't lose her house.
