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Example sentences from the web:
- Marcus: “When is Lucy coming back?”
Brenda: “She is not coming back. She is gone for good.” - His severe injury ended his career for good.
- I was afraid you had disappeared for good.
Example sentences from the web:
Downloadable PDF file: A brief history of videogames (part 1) – Vocabulary
Here you can watch this video with subtitles: Ted Ed
Downloadable PDF file: A brief history of videogames (part 1) – Fill in the gaps exercise with answers
As you can see in the last example sentence, a variation of this idiom is “to be on a/the fence“, with the same meaning.
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Here you can find other examples and meanings of this slang term: Urban Dictionary
This phrase is often said to people who are feeling down or depressed in an attempt to try and cheer them up.
Here you can read some information on this proverb: Origin of this proverb.
Words from the example sentences you may not know:
*Notice that in British slang the meaning of “geek” is slightly different in a negative way. In the UK, a “geek” is someone into computers and IT, but also a boring and not fashionable person.
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