JLPT N1
～始末だ（しまつだ）
end up; in the end (negative result)
Structure / Usage
Verb (dictionary form) + 始末だ
Example Sentences
最初は軽い風邪だったのに、入院する始末だ。
It started as a light cold, but ended up in hospitalization.
何度注意しても聞かず、とうとう警察に通報される始末だ。
No matter how many times I warned him, he wouldn't listen, and it ended with the police being called.