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enough is enough
Idioms and Phrases
One should be satisfied; stop, there should be no more. For example, No more speeches—enough is enough , or as Robert Southey put it ( The Doctor , 1834): “As for money, enough is enough; no man can enjoy more.†This expression already appeared in John Heywood's proverb collection of 1546 and is often used as an interjection (first example).Example Sentences
"We just hit them with overwhelming force and put Iran on notice that enough is enough," Waltz said on ABC News.
He told Fox News: "We just hit them with overwhelming force and put Iran on notice that enough is enough."
"Don't keep treating us with disrespect. Enough is enough."
“Universal injunctions have reached epidemic proportions since the start of the current Administration,†attorneys for the Trump administration wrote, hoping the conservative-controlled Supreme Court would “declare that enough is enough†and check the judiciary’s own power to rein in the executive branch.
Like any woman should be allowed to do, she worked you out despite repeated deceit and said enough is enough.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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