End of the rainbow--LPGA to golfers: speak English or get off the tour

[Margaret Lee]

The LPGA article quotes California state senator Leland Yee, in which he uses the phrase "at the end of the rainbow." It seems to be used like "at the end of the day."
Is anyone on the list familiar with this usage?
 
“In 2008, I didn’t think an international group like the LPGA would come up with a policy like that,” Yee said. “But at the end of the rainbow, the LPGA did understand the harm that they did.”

Margaret Lee

 
 
--- On Fri, 9/5/08, Benjamin Zimmer <bgzimmer at BABEL.LING.UPENN.EDU> wrote:

From: Benjamin Zimmer <bgzimmer at BABEL.LING.UPENN.EDU>
Subject: Re: LPGA to golfers: speak English or get off the tour
To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Date: Friday, September 5, 2008, 8:13 PM

On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 1:11 AM, Dennis Baron <debaron at illinois.edu>
wrote:
>
> There's a new post on the Web of Language: LPGA to golfers: speak
> English or get off the tour
>
> http://illinois.edu/goto/weboflanguage

Bowing to criticism, the LPGA has reversed its decision.

http://sports.yahoo.com/golf/pga/news?slug=ap-lpga-english&prov=ap&type=lgns


--Ben Zimmer

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