| 释义 |
idiomonceonce and for all(also once for all BrE)1 change/make sth different if you deal with or decide something once and for all, you finish dealing with it or make a final decision about it:We should support any political solution, as long as it solves the problems of the refugees once and for all.Smokers should take this opportunity to give up their addictive habit once and for all.He is setting up a study of marine mammals, to determine once for all how badly they are being affected by pollution.2 if you say something once and for all, you say it very firmly and clearly, so that you will not have to say it again:Once and for all, I have never received any money from Valdez.The Church should declare once and for all that it does not support the regime's racist policies.
See:- (every) once in a while
- all at once
- at once
- be in two places at once
- can't be in two places at once
- Christmas comes but once a year
- difficult is done at once; the impossible takes a little longer
- even a blind pig can find an acorn once in a while
- every now and then
- every once in a while
- Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me
- Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.
- for once
- give (one) the once-over
- give (someone/something) the once-over, to
- give (something) a once-over
- give somebody/something a/the once-over
- give someone the once-over
- give someone/something the once-over
- give something a once-over
- give the eye
- if I’ve told you once, I’ve told you a thousand times
- if I've told you once, I've told you a thousand times
- measure twice and cut once
- measure twice, cut once
- now and then
- once (the) word gets out
- once a (something), always a (something)
- Once a priest, always a priest
- once a something, always a something
- once a..., always a...
- once again
- once again/once more
- once and again
- once and for all
- once and future
- once bitten, twice shy
- once hell freezes over
- once in a blue moon
- once in a lifetime
- once in a while
- once more
- once or twice
- once over lightly
- once the dust has settled
- once too often
- once upon a time
- once you go black, you never go back
- once-in-a-lifetime chance
- once-in-a-lifetime opportunity
- once-over
- once-over-lightly
- One cannot be in two places at once
- opportunity knocks but once
- ride two horses at once
- ride two horses at the same time
- skin the bear at once
- the once-over
- the pitcher will go to the well once too often
- when the dust has settled
- you only live once
- young once
- you're only young once
|