that's all she wrote

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短语
  1. Indicating an abrupt termination of a project, or of one’s hopes or plans. idiomatic
    — If you see a long yellow streak of all fine smoke / That’s my rocket pulling out, that’s all she wrote / […]

词源

Unknown; circa 1940s; thought to be a reference to Dear John letters. Ernest Tubb recorded a song titled "That's All She Wrote" (sheet music published in 1942), but earlier printed references exist (e.g. The Brownsville Herald, June 1935).
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