单词 | over and done with |
释义 | > as lemmasover and done with b. over and done with (later also over with).get it over with: see to get over 3a at get v. Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > completing > completed or finished [phrase] over with1822 (and) that's all she wrote1935 1822 M. Arden Diary in National Mag. (1856) Nov. 54/1 It will be hard work to get through the three months to Cousin Maria's wedding; I wish it were ‘over and done with’. 1884 N.E.D. at Adieu Away!, no longer, no more, all is over with. 1931 W. Faulkner Sanctuary xxvi. 318 ‘What day do you think it will be over with?’ she said. 1938 R. Finlayson Brown Man's Burden 53 The others..were glad when they were free to go, for..the salutations were over and done with. 1955 F. O'Connor Let. 18 May in Habit of Being (1980) 82 I will be real glad when this television thing is over with. 1994 J. Galloway Foreign Parts ii. 18 That was over and done with and this was what you got at the end of it. Yards of bugger all. 1999 T. Parsons Man & Boy (2000) xii. 101 I was shaking and sweating at the checkout, wanting it to be over with, wanting to be out of there. < as lemmas |
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