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| 单词 | it is all over bar the shouting |
| 释义 | > as lemmasit is all over bar (†but, occasionally except) the shouting d. it is all over bar (†but, occasionally except) the shouting: said when the result of a contest or the outcome of an action appears certain. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > completing > completed or finished [phrase] > the issue appears certain it is all over bar (but, occasionally except) the shouting1842 1842 ‘Nimrod’ Life Sportsman xvi. 332 It's all over but shouting..Antonio's as dead as a hammer. a1870 A. L. Gordon Bush Ballads (1876) 35 The race is all over, bar shouting. 1897 National Police Gaz. (U.S.) 26 May 7/4 It was all over ‘bar’ the shouting, but the youngster refused emphatically to give way. 1909 A. Bennett What Public Wants iv. 54 If I wasn't sure that it's all over except the shouting, I wouldn't touch it. 1959 Times 12 June 5/3 In the absence of rain or miracles it was all over bar the shouting at Romford last evening. 1976 Western Morning News 25 Sept. 8/2 But if the Rhodesia affair is all over bar the shouting, can the same be said about South Africa? < as lemmas |
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