Enough is enough means 'this has to stop, I've had enough'. You say it when something bad has gone on too long and your patience is gone: Enough is enough. Please stop calling after midnight. It sounds firm and often angry. When you tell the story later, the tense changes: we decided that enough was enough.
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Enough is enough. / decide that enough is enough
- Enough is enough. Please stop calling after midnight.
- After the fourth delay, we decided that enough was enough.
- The neighbours said enough is enough and asked for a meeting.
What changed
First versionIt's enough. Please stop calling after midnight.
RevisionEnough is enough. Please stop calling after midnight.
It's enough looks like a quick way to say 'stop it'. But it's enough means 'that amount is sufficient', and people say it about soup or money. To stop behaviour you're sick of, say Enough is enough or That's enough.
That's enough also stops something, but usually right here and now: That's enough, kids! Enough is enough is about a problem that has happened again and again: it won't go on. I've had enough is about your own exhaustion: 'I'm done'.
Your turn
Your neighbours have played loud music every night for a month. You finally say: '___ — I'm calling the landlord.'
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Enough is enough — The music has been going on for a month and your patience is gone: that's enough is enough. It's enough would mean 'that's a sufficient amount', as about a portion of food.
Your neighbour has parked in your space again. Show that your patience has run out in one sentence with enough is enough.
Enough is enough — this is the fifth time you've parked in my space.
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