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that's all she wrote

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idiom

  1. something is finished; something is over; nothing more can be said or done about something.


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Scattered showers and temperatures right around normal and that’s all she wrote.

From Seattle Times Feb. 6, 2024

Sunny skies and high temperatures in the 80s and that’s all she wrote.

From Seattle Times Aug. 2, 2023

"Unfortunately, the next guy that came up just nicked the wall and they went up by one and that's all she wrote."

From Seattle Times Jun. 19, 2012

Rowling is about to say goodbye to a very good friend: Half-Blood Prince is book six of a planned seven, and then that's all she wrote.

From Time Magazine Archive

Yeah, the first week I went three or four corners, and went over the bars in the whoops, and that's all she wrote.

From Time Magazine Archive

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