| 释义 |
‖ rien ne va plus, int. phr.|rjɛ̃ nə va ply|
Also rien n'va plus.
[Fr.]
No more bets: in roulette, the call made by the croupier while the wheel is spinning. Also fig. Cf. les jeux sont faits (the stakes are set) s.v. jeu n. 2
1871Catal. Exhib. R. Acad. Arts CIII. 12 The Salon d'Or, Homburg..W. P. Frith, R.A. ‘Le jeu est fait—rien ne va plus.’ 1904A. Bennett Great Man xxv. 278 The croupier was saying sternly, ‘Rien ne va plus’. 1922Joyce Ulysses 496 Sieurs et dames, faites vos jeux! (..Tiny roulette planets fly from his hands.) Les jeux sont faits! (The planets rush together, uttering crepitant cracks.) Rien n'va plus. 1932New Yorker 5 Mar. 36/2 There was that breathless spinning moment, then the fateful ‘Rien ne va plus.’.. Then the decision. ‘Noir.’ 1964A. Wykes Gambling ix. 217 Players continue to place their bets while the ball is in motion until the croupier calls rien ne va plus (no more bets). 1972Times 10 Feb. 15 (heading) Rien ne va plus pour Mintoff. 1982Economist 25 Dec. 82/3 Successive French governments have made it plain that Japan can always have 3{pcnt} of the domestic market. After that, rien ne va plus—and to hell with Gatt and all that nonsense about free trade. |