enough is enough

1. 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

In body camera footage released by police, Thornton, who spent four seasons as a regular cast member on “RHOP” before leaving after Season 9, tells officers, “I just want him to put that furniture back. Like, this is, enough is enough. I have several emails from my roommate telling me — it’s ridiculous.”

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"We are trying to convey to the army that enough is enough. We are innocent, so why did they expel us from the camp?" said Nur Shams resident Umm Mohammad al-Jammal, who was displaced in February.

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"We have to stand up and we have to be loud and say that we are against it, that enough is enough with all these excuses," she added.

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"Enough is enough," Nick Daniels, president of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, said at a press conference as he called an emerging deal in Congress a "right step in the right direction."

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The boss of Tesco, Ken Murphy, has previously said that "enough is enough" on business taxes.

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