till\ the\ last\ gun\ is\ fired

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 until the last gun was fired.


Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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  • 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

  • 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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