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单词 that's it
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that's it

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P1. colloquial. this is it: the event previously spoken about or feared is about to happen.
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the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [phrase] > this is it
this is it1906
1906 Metrop. Mag. Feb. 572/1 ‘Wough, this is it!’ he said to himself.
1920 Lyceum Mag. May 31 Schools! This is it!
1942 Newsweek 27 July 23/3 Finucane tried to settle the rocking plane onto the water. It hit the waves, then sank like a rock. Just before, Paddy spoke into the two-way radio: ‘This is it, chaps.’
1959 Sunday Times 5 Apr. 15/7 He heard the sound of countless aircraft overhead. This is it, he thought.
1978 T. Willis Buckingham Palace Connection ix. 179This is it, then.’ ‘Yep... Over the top and the best of luck.’
2008 J. Armstrong & S. Bain Peep Show 2nd Ser. Episode 5. 114/2 This is it. I have entered the world of men. All I need is some beef jerky and somewhere to spit.
P2. colloquial. that's it.
a. Used to express affirmation or agreement: ‘you are right’, ‘exactly’. Also is that it?: used to invite confirmation of a statement or proposal.
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1727 D. Defoe Conjugal Lewdness 245 Tom. What, you will have a Wife pass'd Children then. Is that it? Jack. Yes, yes, that's it indeed. But I would not have a very Old one, neither.
1773 O. Goldsmith She stoops to Conquer v. ii. 93 Tony. Riddle me this, then. What's that goes round the house and round the house and never touches the house? Hart. I'm still astray. Tony. Why that's it, mon. I have led them astray...
1825 Missionary Herald (Boston) Nov. 341/2 Mr. K. ‘What you mean is, that he walks not according to the lusts of the flesh, the lust of the eye, and the pride of life.’ Derveesh.That's it.’
1878 W. C. Russell Wreck of Grosvenor III. 11That's it, sir,’ exclaimed Cornish. ‘I reckon there's little enough mutineering among 'em now Stevens is gone.’
1918 C. Wells Vicky Van iv. 53 ‘A friend of hers named Somers has been bumped off.’ ‘What? Killed?’ ‘That's it.’
1948 Boys' Life 7/1That's it, Jerry,’ he said in an awed voice, ‘Irish is telepathic.’
1976 T. Sharpe Wilt iv. 35 You want a blow job, is that it?
2012 Slate Mag. (Nexis) 19 Dec. Yes, that's it exactly. The mass invasion of the press makes it harder for any journalist to go deep.
b. Used to express annoyance, disgruntlement, or resignation, esp. as caused by a particular act, event, etc., which is beyond the limits of one's toleration, and typically marks the commencement of a new course of behaviour.
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1933 G. O'Neil Amer. Dream 145 That's it. I've had enough. I'm clearing out.
1975 Black Belt Oct. 64/3 A dejected Maruyama walked off the mat and told us, ‘That's it, I'm through; I'm too old.’
1997 J. Ryan Dismantling Mr Doyle iii. 37 You want to leave it? Just go ahead. Tell him, that's it, you're through.
2013 Scotsman (Nexis) 14 Feb. When I was subjected to some horrible remarks I thought ‘that's it, I've had enough.’
c. There is no more to it than that; the matter is settled, the job is done.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > the whole or all > that is all or the whole [phrase]
that's it1966
1966 P. Willmott Adolescent Boys E. London v. 92 We just sat about..doing half-witted things. You only had to find a weak teacher and that was it.
1968 Listener 31 Oct. 574/3 Really I think the Brummie likes to stay at home. And work. And shop in Birmingham. Holiday in Majorca—and that's it.
1972 Observer 13 Feb. (Colour Suppl.) 18/1 To put it briefly, parents are parents and that's it.
2010 Observer 3 Jan. (Mag.) 5/1 That's it, then. It's over.
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