party's over, the



party's over, the

It's time to be serious; carefree times have ended. For example, Now that he's been promoted the party's over; he has to write a report every week. This expression uses party in the sense of "a pleasant social gathering." [c. 1930]

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Karolinakah-raw-LEE-nah (Polish), kah-ro-LEE-nah (Swedish, German)Polish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Hungarian, Slovene, Croatian, Macedonian, Lithuanian, German
Dae-Jungday-joongKorean
Eveline['i:vlin]
Pierre[pi(:)'ɛə]
RyanRIE-ənIrish, English
KadenKAY-dənEnglish (Modern)