enough is enough
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enough is enough
- /ɪˌnʌf‿ɪz ɪˈnʌf/ UK
- /iˌnʌf‿ɪz iˈnʌf/ US
- /ə-/ US
Rhymes with -ʌf
Where it comes from
Compare Dutch genoeg is genoeg, German genug ist genug, Yiddish גענוג איז גענוג (genug iz genug, “enough is enough”).
phrase
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One should be satisfied; nothing additional is required.
Here is enough, I am satisfied, (sayd he). / Since enough is enough, (sayd I), here may we / With that one word take end good, as may be geast: / For folke say, enough is as good as a feast.
Similar: enough is as good as a feast
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Especially as an expression of exasperation: the limit of patience or tolerance has been reached.
With every new indignity served upon the United States by the fanatical Fidel Castro comes an immediate, and lasting, impulse to declare that enough is enough.
Similar: enough is too much
Translations
Every language
phrase one should be satisfied; nothing additional is required
| Português | já é o suficiente |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | genug ist genug |
| Italiano | nulla da aggiungere |
| Русский | хоро́шенького понемно́жку xoróšenʹkovo ponemnóžku |
phrase limit of patience or tolerance has been reached
| Español | ya basta, ya es suficiente |
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| 中文 | 適可而止 /适可而止 shìkě'érzhǐ, 夠了 /够了 gòu le |
| Português | basta!, já basta!, já chega! |
| Français | ça commence à bien faire, trop c'est trop, c'en est assez, il suffit, ça suffit |
| Deutsch | das Maß ist voll, jetzt schlägt's dreizehn, es reicht jetzt, genug ist genug |
| Italiano | quando è troppo è troppo |
| Русский | с меня́ хва́тит s menjá xvátit |
| العربية | بَلَغَ السَّيْلُ الزُّبَى balaḡa s-saylu z-zubā, طَفَحَ الْكَيْلُ ṭafaḥa l-kaylu |
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title = {enough is enough},
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