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elysium
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 Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 8:19 pm Post subject: 'You are going too far' means 'I want you to stop'? |
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Can you do me a favor?
I have a question, so I really hope someone could help me.
(I've already posted this question yesterday, but changed my question to make you understand what I want to know.)
The question is the same as the title- Generally, 'You are going too far' contains the meaning 'I want you to stop doing the thing that annoys me'?
I looked up those expressions in the dictionary.
(www.dictionary.cambridge.org)
1. I've had enough � You are going too far
have had enough
to want something to stop because it is annoying you:
ex) I've had enough - I'm going home.
go too far
to behave in a way that upsets or annoys people:
go beyond acceptable limits(출처: Words Phrases That Carry Uncommon Mean, Unicorn Books, 2005)
ex) It's all very well having a joke but sometimes you go too far.
I need your help! |
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Bob S.
Joined: 29 Apr 2004
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Location: So. Cal
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| Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 11:40 am Post subject: Re: 'You are going too far' means 'I want you to stop'? |
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| elysium wrote: |
| The question is the same as the title- Generally, 'You are going too far' contains the meaning 'I want you to stop doing the thing that annoys me'? |
Generally, yes. Saying someone is going too far means they annoy you or are annoying someone else, but in any case they should stop. The person is going past a reasonable limit for what they are doing and are about to get in trouble.
There is also the past tense "went too far." By then it is too late and you are already in trouble.
"Too far" by itself can be used as an adjective to describe the noun that got you in trouble. e.g. "He went a (noun) too far." For example: There was a famous book and movie titled "A Bridge Too Far" about a WWII Allied plan called Operation Market Garden that ultimately failed because British and American forces failed to capture an important bridge into Germany. |
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