case closed

case closed

1. Said after a given question, debate, or mystery has been solved or answered. So you see, it was the dog who ate the blueberry pie, not me. Case closed!
2. The aforementioned decision, outcome, resolution, or situation is final, with no ambiguity or room for variation or amendment. The only way we'll be able to keep the company open is to undertake a 30% reduction in staff, case closed. My wife had an affair and our marriage is over. Case closed.
See also: case, closed
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • ate
  • ate up with (someone or something)
  • ate up with someone/something
  • humble pie
  • cutie
  • cutie pie
  • finger in every pie, to have a
  • be as American as apple pie
  • piecrusts
  • promises are like pie crust(s): (they are) made to be broken
References in periodicals archive
Case Closed: Holocaust Survivors in Postwar America.
Case Closed: Holocaust Survivors in Postwar America
Kyrgyz law allows a judge to grant a temporary suspension on a case while it awaits expert advice on key aspects of that case or where the grounds in the case are not clear enough for an immediate judgement to be made."The process of having the case closed in the Bishkek Courts is taking longer then we had hoped, however discussions with the authorities are positive, and as shown by the lifting of the injunction the court understands the importance of resuming normal activities as soon as possible," said chief executive Mark Jones .Aurum's shares began trading again last month having been suspended since March when news of the case came to light.
Aurum resumes activities in Kyrgyzstan
They were hustled through the immigrant assimilation process, given a year to get a job, get an apartment, get with it, case closed by the social agencies created to help these displaced persons, and off they went sailing into modern America, heralded as just another hard-working, assimilating ethnic group, DPs no more.
Genocide survivors pushed to adapt; Plight of Holocaust victims is recounted
"Case Closed," by Edward Defort, covered the nearly four-year investigation into the murder of a Wisconsin funeral director and a mortuary student intern and the shock waves it sent through the magazine's readership, which are the nation's funeral directors.
Newsletter foundation hands out 47 journalism and marketing awards
Case closed. Oh, sorry, is the rest of the world okay with that?
The next Kofi Annan?
"I consider the case closed," he told the Monitor, because the danger of an overly personal relationship with sources "is too acute."
Reporters in Africa struggle over when to help
Most observers of the Religious Right assumed CASE closed its doors when Robertson hired Sekulow to run the ACLJ, but in fact, CASE still exists.
Pat Robertson Attorney has high-flying lifestyle, says legal newspaper
Four snap-over latches with a recessed design help to keep the case closed securely as well as three padlock tabs for even more added security.
Double bow storage
NEW YORK-Move over Coach and Gucci bags, here come Targus, Mobile Edge, Case Closed and Clark & Mayfield.
LAPTOP BAGS SHOW THEIR FEMININE SIDE
An inquest was held and the case closed. The official cause of death was found to be an accident or suicide and it was also found that no one else was responsible for the cause of death.
The Other Brother
Case closed, say the police--but Ishii's family and friends are far from convinced.
Who killed Koki Ishii? The murder of Japan's top corruption-busting politician raises questions no one dares answer
CASE CLOSED: Leslie grabs his bag; DRIVEN OUT: Then he storms off; BAG OF NERVES: Abi's not happy
OVER?; John Leslie and Abi row in the street then she packs his bags
Nonetheless, most of the hundreds of physicists who have been conducting the RHIC experiments don't consider the case closed, say members of those teams.
Has matter's mother paid a call? (Hot Mama)
With this case closed, there is no immediate challenge to the constitutionality of the parsonage allowance.
The constitutionality of the parsonage allowance