意味: be enough

v. 足りる

enough イディオム

enough is enough

it is time to stop, enough already """Enough is enough!"" she said after my sixth piece of pie."

give him enough rope and he'll hang himself

allow him enough freedom and he will hurt himself or be caught If he's bad, give him enough rope and he'll hang himself. The police will stop him.

give someone enough rope and they will hang themse

give someone enough time and freedom to do what they want and they will make a mistake or get into trouble and be caught Don

had enough

endured, fed up, put up with a lot After ten minutes of his talk, she's had enough. She leaves.

leave (let) well enough alone

be satisfied with something that is good enough You should let well enough alone and be happy with your work schedule the way it is.

leave well enough alone

do nothing (because doing something would make things

too many chiefs and not enough Indians

too many directors and not enough workers, too many cooks... Everybody tried to be the boss. We had too many chiefs and not enough Indians.

old enough to be one's mother

Idiom(s): old enough to be someone's mother AND old enough to be someone's father

Theme: AGE - OLD

as old as someone's parents. (Usually a way of saying that a person is too old.)
• You can't go out with Bill. He's old enough to be your father!
• He married a woman who is old enough to be his mother.

not know enough to come in out of the rain

Idiom(s): not know enough to come in out of the rain

Theme: STUPIDITY

to be very stupid.
• Bob is so stupid he doesn’t know enough to come in out of the rain.
• You can't expect very much from somebody who doesn't know enough to come in out of the rain.

not enough room to swing a cat

Idiom(s): not enough room to swing a cat

Theme: SIZE - SMALL

not very much space. (Folksy.)
• Their living room was very small. There wasn't enough room to swing a cat.
• How can you work in a small room like this? There's not enough room to swing a cat.

let well enough alone

Idiom(s): let well enough alone AND leave well enough alone

Theme: ACCOMPLISHMENT

to leave things as they are (and not try to improve them).
• There isn't much more you can accomplish here. Why don't you just let well enough alone?
• This is as good as I can do. I'll stop and leave well enough alone.

have had enough

Idiom(s): have had enough

Theme: ENDURANCE

to have had as much of something as is needed or will be tolerated.
• Stop yelling at me. I've had enough.
• No more potatoes, please. I've had enough.
• I'm leaving you, Bill. I've had enough!

good enough for

Idiom(s): good enough for sb or sth

Theme: ADEQUACY

adequate for someone or something.
• This seat is good enough for me. I don't want to move.
• I'm happy. It's good enough for me.
• That table is good enough for my office.

get up enough nerve

Idiom(s): get up enough nerve (to do sth)

Theme: COURAGE

to get brave enough to do something.
• I could never get up enough nerve to sing in public.
• I'd do it if I could get up enough nerve, but I'm shy.

enough to go around

Idiom(s): enough to go (a)round

Theme: ENOUGH

a supply adequate to serve everyone. (Informal.)
• Don't take too much. There's not enough to go around.
• I cooked some extra potatoes, so there should be enough to go around.

old enough to be one's father

Give someone enough rope and they will hang thems

Give someone enough time and freedom and they will get into trouble.

Give someone enough rope

If you give someone enough rope, you give them the chance to get themselves into trouble or expose themselves. (The full form is 'give someone enough rope and they'll hang themselves)

enough is enough|enough

That's enough, let's not have any more; that will do, let's cut it short; that's the limit, let's stop there. "I don't mind good clean fun, but enough is enough," the principal said.

give one enough rope and he will hang himself|give

informal Give a bad person enough time and freedom to do as he pleases, and he may make a bad mistake or get into trouble and be caught.

A proverb. Johnny is always stealing and hasn't been caught. But give him enough rope and he'll hang himself.

Often used in a short form, "give one enough rope". Mother didn't know who robbed the cookie jar, but she thought she could catch him if she gave him enough rope.

know enough to come in out of the rain|know|rain

v. phr. To have good sense; know how to take care of yourself.

Usually used in the negative. Bob does so many foolish things that his mother says he doesn't know enough to come in out of the rain. Sally may look stupid, but she knows enough to come in out of the rain.

let well enough alone|alone|leave well enough alon

v. phr. To be satisfied with what is good enough; not try to improve something because often that might cause more trouble. John wanted to make his kite go higher, but his father told him to let well enough alone because it was too windy. Ed polished up his car until his friends warned him to leave well enough alone. Ethel made a lot of changes in her test paper after she finished. She should have let well enough alone, because she made several new mistakes.
Compare: LET RIDE.

sure enough|sure

adv. As expected. Charles was afraid he had done badly on the test, and sure enough, his grade was failing. The children saw a familiar shape coming up the street and hoped it was their lost dog. When it came near, sure enough, it was Spot.
Compare: SURE THING².

sure-enough|sure

adj. Real; genuine. Rick found a sure-enough nickel. Martha's uncle gave her a sure-enough pearl on a little gold chain. Jane's uncle is a sure-enough cowboy.

come in out of the rain, know enough to

come in out of the rain, know enough to
Show common sense. Alluding to having enough sense to seek shelter, this hyperbolic phrase is often used in the negative, as in Peter doesn't know enough to come in out of the rain. [Late 1800s]

enough

enough
In addition to the idioms beginning with enough, also see fair enough; had enough; leave well enough alone; not enough room to swing a cat; sure enough; to wake the dead, loud enough.
* * *
- enough is enough
- enough rope, give someone
- enough said
- enough to sink a ship

enough rope, give someone

enough rope, give someone
Allow someone to continue on a course and then suffer its consequences. For example, The auditor knew something was wrong but decided to give the chief accountant enough rope. This expression, a shortening of enough rope to hang oneself, was already proverbial in John Ray's English Proverbs (1678).

enough said

enough said
Say no more; also, I agree completely. For example, She didn't even bother to call—enough said? or You'll bring the wine—enough said. [Mid-1800s]

enough to sink a ship

enough to sink a ship
Also, enough to sink a battleship. A more than sufficient amount, as in They brought enough food to sink a ship. [Colloquial; mid-1900s]

fair enough

fair enough
That's reasonable; I agree. For example, I'll wait just one more day.—Fair enough, you've been very patient. [Colloquial; early 1900s]

know enough to come in out of the rain

know enough to come in out of the rain
see come in out of the rain, know enough to.

sure enough

sure enough
Actually, as one might have thought, as in Sure enough, the plane was three hours late. [Mid-1500s]

to wake the dead, loud enough

to wake the dead, loud enough
Very loud, as in That band is loud enough to wake the dead. This hyperbolic expression dates from the mid-1800s.

More Idioms/Phrases

to the manner born to the nines to the teeth to the victor belong the spoils to wake the dead, loud enough to windward to wit today toe