to see the back of1 to be happy that someone is leaving or because you no longer have to deal with something 很高兴看到某人离开/某事结束 No, I’m not too upset that he left – in fact, I was glad to see the back of him. 才不呢，他走了我并不难过——其实我很高兴他走了。
I can’t wait to see the back of this project, I can tell you (=I will be happy when it ends). 说实话，我巴不得这个项目早点结束。
→ be glad/delighted/pleased etc to see the back of somebody/something at back2(14)
2 British EnglishBrE spokenGET RID OF to be pleased when someone leaves or when you get rid of something, because you do not like them 巴不得某人离开/巴不得摆脱某物 I’ll be glad to see the back of him. 我巴不得他离开。
→ be glad/pleased etc to see the back of somebody/something at see1(12)