till the last gun is fired

till the last gun is fired
or[until the last gun is fired] {adv. phr.} Until the end; until everything is finished or decided. * /Fred always liked to stay at parties until the last gun was fired./ * /The candidate didn't give up hope of being elected until the last gun was fired./

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  • till\ the\ last\ gun\ is\ fired — • till the last gun is fired • until the last gun is fired adv. phr. Until the end; until everything is finished or decided. Fred always liked to stay at parties until the last gun was fired. The candidate didn t give up hope of being elected… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • till the last gun is fired — or[until the last gun is fired] {adv. phr.} Until the end; until everything is finished or decided. * /Fred always liked to stay at parties until the last gun was fired./ * /The candidate didn t give up hope of being elected until the last gun… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • until\ the\ last\ gun\ is\ fired — • till the last gun is fired • until the last gun is fired adv. phr. Until the end; until everything is finished or decided. Fred always liked to stay at parties until the last gun was fired. The candidate didn t give up hope of being elected… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • until the last gun is fired — See: TILL THE LAST GUN IS FIRED …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • until the last gun is fired — See: TILL THE LAST GUN IS FIRED …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • gun — See: BIG CHEESE or BIG GUN, GIVE IT THE GUN or GIVE HER THE GUN, GREAT GODFREY or GREAT GUNS, JUMP THE GUN, SON OF A GUN, STICK TO ONE S GUNS or STAND BY ONE S GUNS, TILL THE LAST GUN IS FIRED or UNTIL THE LAST GUN IS FIRED …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • gun — See: BIG CHEESE or BIG GUN, GIVE IT THE GUN or GIVE HER THE GUN, GREAT GODFREY or GREAT GUNS, JUMP THE GUN, SON OF A GUN, STICK TO ONE S GUNS or STAND BY ONE S GUNS, TILL THE LAST GUN IS FIRED or UNTIL THE LAST GUN IS FIRED …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • gun — See: big cheese or big gun, give it the gun or give her the gun, great Godfrey or great guns, jump the gun, son of a gun, stick to one s guns or stand by one s guns, till the last gun is fired or until the last gun is fired …   Словарь американских идиом

  • last — See: AT LAST, EVERY LAST MAN, EVERY SINGLE or EVERY LAST, FIRST AND LAST, HE LAUGHS BEST WHO LAUGHS LAST, HAVE THE LAST LAUGH, ON ONE S LAST LEGS, TILL THE LAST GUN IS FIRED or UNTIL THE LAST GUN IS FIRED …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • last — See: AT LAST, EVERY LAST MAN, EVERY SINGLE or EVERY LAST, FIRST AND LAST, HE LAUGHS BEST WHO LAUGHS LAST, HAVE THE LAST LAUGH, ON ONE S LAST LEGS, TILL THE LAST GUN IS FIRED or UNTIL THE LAST GUN IS FIRED …   Dictionary of American idioms

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