enough is enough

enough is enough
From its older use as an expression of content or satisfaction (cf. enough is as good as a feast), this is now frequently used as a reprimand, warning someone off from persisting in an inappropriate or excessive course of action.

1546 J. HEYWOOD Dialogue of Proverbs II. xi. M1 Sens enough is enough (sayd I) here maie we With that one word take end good.

1832 W. IRVING Alhambra II. 40 ‘I will descend for no more,’ said the Moor, doggedly; ‘enough is enough for a reasonable man—more is superfluous.’

1915 T. DREISER Titan (ed. 3) xlvii. 404 I realize all its merits just as well as you do. But enough is enough.

2007 New Scientist 20 Oct 59 Also then I’d get talking about people that I still see, and I didn’t think much would be gained by it... Enough is enough.


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  • Enough is Enough — Enough is enough. Zeitung für antirassistische und antifaschistische Politik in Schleswig Holstein und Hamburg ist eine vierteljährlich erscheinende antifaschistische Zeitschrift, die sich der extremen Rechten und den antifaschistischen… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Enough is enough — Enough is enough. Zeitung für antirassistische und antifaschistische Politik in Schleswig Holstein und Hamburg war eine vierteljährlich erscheinende antifaschistische Zeitschrift, die sich der extremen Rechten und den antifaschistischen… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Enough — E*nough , adv. 1. In a degree or quantity that satisfies; to satisfaction; sufficiently. [1913 Webster] 2. Fully; quite; used to express slight augmentation of the positive degree, and sometimes equivalent to very; as, he is ready enough to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • Enough — E*nough , n. A sufficiency; a quantity which satisfies desire, is adequate to the want, or is equal to the power or ability; as, he had enough to do take care of himself. Enough is as good as a feast. [1913 Webster] And Esau said, I have enough,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • enough — c.1300, from O.E. genog, a common Germanic formation (Cf. O.S. ginog, O.Fris. enoch, Du. genoeg, O.H.G. ginuog, Ger. genug, O.N. gnogr, Goth. ganohs), from ge with, together (also a participial, collective, intensive, or perfective prefix) + root …   Etymology dictionary

  • enough of that! — enough is enough!, that s quite enough now!, that s it already!, stop that right now! …   English contemporary dictionary

  • enough to cobble dogs with — (UK) A large surplus of anything: We ve got enough coffee to cobble dogs with. Possible explanations: A cobblestone is a cut stone with a curved surface. These were set together to create road surfaces, in the days before the widespread use of… …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • Enough — E*nough ([ e]*n[u^]f ), a. [OE. inoh, inow, enogh, AS. gen[=o]h, gen[=o]g, a. & adv. (akin to OS. gin[=o]g, D. genoeg, OHG. ginoug, G. genug, Icel. gn[=o]gr, Sw. nog, Dan. nok, Goth. gan[=o]hs), fr. geneah it suffices (akin to Goth. ganah); pref …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • enough — e*nough , interj. An exclamation denoting sufficiency, being a shortened form of it is enough. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Enough Stupidity in Every Wise Man — Stanislavski (left) and Kachalov (right) in the Moscow Art Theatre production in 1910. Written by …   Wikipedia

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