Significado: Antigone

n. Antígona, filha de Édipo que foi desobediente e por isso condenada à morte (Mitologia Grega)

you never know what you've got till it's gone Idioma

a foregone conclusion

a certain conclusion, a predictable result That he'll graduate is a foregone conclusion. He is a good student.

a goner

something that is lost or beyond help I thought he was a goner, but the cat came back. He's home.

doggone

extremely annoying, god-damn, blasted I can't find any scissors again. This house must eat them - doggone!

foregone conclusion

(See a foregone conclusion)

gone to pot

in poor condition, neglected, run down The farmyard had gone to pot. There was junk everywhere.

gone to the dogs

not well maintained, in very poor condition My garden has gone to the dogs. It's full of dandelions and weeds.

goner

(See a goner)

let bygones be bygones

forget about problems that happened in the past We need to let bygones be bygones and forget about our past differences.

lock the barn door after the horse is gone

be careful or try to make something certain after it is too late Now he wants to try and fix his house but it is like locking the barn door after the horse is gone. There was already a flood and the damage is done.

long gone

departed earlier, not here now Albert was long gone by the time the RCMP arrived.

you never apperceive what you've got till it's gone

You don't absolutely acknowledge bodies or things until you lose them. My grandfathering anesthetized abroad aftermost month, and I absence him so much. Truly, you never apperceive what you've got till it's gone. Having an old auto of a car was bigger than accepting no car at all—now I accept to airing everywhere! I assumption it's accurate that you never apperceive what you've got till it's gone.Learn more: gone, know, never, till, what

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lock you up log off log on lolligag long and the short of it long arm of the law long face long for long gone long haul long in the tooth long johns long shot long time no see loo look a gift horse in the mouth look after You made my day you made your bed, now lie in it you make a better door than you do a window you make me laugh You make me laugh! you make me sick you may well ask You mean to tell me you must (learn to) walk before you (can) run you must be fun at parties you must be joking you must be joking! you must be kidding (me) you must be new here you must be out of your mind you must be tired, because you've been running through my mind all day You must have mistaken me for someone who gives a shit you must lose a fly to catch a trout you name it you name it, (one's) got it you name it, somebody's got it you need to bait the hook to catch the fish you never can tell you never know You never know till you try you never know what you've got till it's gone you never know with (someone or something) you never miss the water till the well runs dry you never miss the water until the well runs dry you only live once you pay your money, and you take your choice you pays your money and takes your choice You pays your money and you takes your chance you pays your money and you takes your choice you pays your money, and you takes your chance(s) you pays your money, and you takes your choice you put your foot in it you reap what you sow You said a mouthful you said it you said it! you saved the day You scared the hell out of me you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours you see you should excuse the expression you should know a man seven years before you stir his fire you should talk you should worry! you shouldn't have you shouldn't speak ill of the dead