TODAY'S IDIOM: A MEANS TO AN END

A means to an end

something that you are not interested in but that you do because it will help you to achieve something else (not used with the ) 

Mike doesn't have any professional ambitions. For him, work is just a means to an end. 

A means to an end :  medio para lograr/alcanzar un fin

Ejemplos:

Es un medio para un fin y ese fin debe ser el desarrollo sostenible. (" It is a means to an end. That end must be sustainable development.")

No es el final.Es meramente un medio para alcanzar un fin ("is not the end. It is merely a means to an end")

  Ejemplos adicionales:

You may get tired of regular physical exercise, but it's simply a means to an end.

They used this method as a means to an end

NO CONFUNDIR CON: 

"It means the end of  "  Que expresa "Es el final para/significa el final para"

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