词组 | once and for all |
释义 | Idiom once and for all Theme: FINALITY finally and irreversibly. (Fixed order.)I want to get this problem settled once and for all.I told him once and for all that he has to start studying. Slang once and for all Theme: PERMANENCE mod. permanently.I'm gonna take care of you once and for all!I would like to get this ridiculous problem settled once and for all. Idiom once and for all completely and finally.I wish we could settle the matter once and for all. once and for allPermanently. Tom went back to the outpost to settle his feud once and for all. The president is hoping to silence critics once and for all with this latest law. once and for allfinally; permanently. Sue: I'm going to get this place organized once and for all! Alice: That'll be the day! "We need to get this straightened out once and for all," said Bob, for the fourth time today. once and for allAs a settled matter, finally, permanently, as in Once and for all, we're not hiring that organist again, or We've settled that question once and for all. This expression is in effect an abbreviation for "one time and for all time." [Late 1400s] once and for all (or once for all)now and for the last time; finally.ˌonce and for ˈallfinally and definitely: I’ve decided once and for all that this city is not the place for me.once and for allFinally and decisively. This phrase, literally meaning “this one final time which will serve forever,” dates from the fifteenth century. The earliest appearance in print is in William Caxton’s translation of the Foure Sonnes of Aymon (ca. 1489): “We oughte to ask it of hym ones for all.” |
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