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单词 rien ne va plus
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rien ne va plusphr.

Brit. /rɪˈã nə vɑː ˈpluː/, U.S. /riˈɛn nə ˌvɑ ˈplu/
Forms: 1800s– rien ne va plus, 1900s– rien n'va plus.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French rien ne va plus.
Etymology: < French rien ne va plus (1803 or earlier in this sense) < rien nothing + ne not + va , 3rd person singular present indicative of aller to go + plus more (see plus prep.).
‘No more bets’: (in roulette) the call made by the croupier while the wheel is spinning. Also in extended use. Cf. les jeux sont faits phr.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > roulette > [interjection] > place your bets
rien ne va plus1838
faites vos jeux1867
les jeux sont faits1922
1838 I. A. Jewett Passages in Foreign Trav. I. viii. 95 I heard a tinkling of silver, and then the roll of a little ivory ball, and then a sepulchral voice saying, ‘rien ne va plus.’
1904 A. Bennett Great Man xxv. 278 The croupier was saying sternly, ‘Rien ne va plus.’
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xv. [Circe] 477 Sieurs et dames, faites vos jeux! (..Tiny roulette planets fly from his hands.) Les jeux sont faits! (The planets rush together, uttering crepitant cracks.) Rien n'va plus.
1982 Economist 25 Dec. 82/3 Successive French governments have made it plain that Japan can always have 3% of the domestic market. After that, rien ne va plus—and to hell with Gatt and all that nonsense about free trade.
2008 K. O'Neal Just for Her xvi. 155Rien ne va plus!’ The croupier sent the ball rolling in the roulette wheel on the intricately carved wooden table of the Casino de Monte Carlo.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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